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I don't know why but it pissed me off so much that they called gimp "freeware"
(www.tomshardware.com)
this post was submitted on 17 Mar 2025
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"Free" in free software refers to freedoms, not price.
"Free" in "freeware" refers to price, not freedom.
The two are not at all synonymous although typically most free software is also freeware.