"I found it very weird that there essentially is no way to browse the web in an open manner. So that's what I am trying to build," the founder of Stract said.

“I found it very weird that there essentially is no way to browse the web in an open manner. So that’s what I am trying to build,” the founder of Stract said.

  • appel@whiskers.bim.boats
    52·
    9 months ago

    So have many others, except they didn’t start a company based on it. As soon as it is part of a company, it is no longer free and open

    • SkyNTP@lemmy.ml
      49·
      9 months ago

      The license shall not restrict any party from selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate software distribution containing programs from several different sources. The license shall not require a royalty or other fee for such sale.

      https://opensource.org/osd/

      Paradoxically (or not), restrictions on selling software is a fundamental violation of freedom. When the OSS movement says free, it means freedom, not free as in free beer.

    • loics2@lemm.ee
      19·
      9 months ago

      Why? It depends on the business model, even RMS says it’s ok to make money with open source