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ExpiredLink
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Light Table is now open source
> it's free software!
It's Free software but not free software.
dllthomas
on Jan 8, 2014
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How is it not free?
ExpiredLink
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Well, 'Free Software' is the quite restricted GNU license model ('Free as in Stallman'), 'free' is free in the common sense.
dllthomas
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The GPL is not "quite restricted" - you can basically do anything with it but change the license.
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It's Free software but not free software.