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What is Free Software and How to Make Money With It

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Web Webster
Web Webster
May 8, 2008

[ Thanks to Bruno Miguel for this
link. ]

“As I became more familiar with GNU/Linux and free operating
systems in general, I became aware of the Open Source movement.
Later, I became aware of the Free Software movement. Due to my lack
of skills to code being as big as my lack of skills to draw, and
because I feel I need to give something back to the community that
created the software I’m using today, I decided to write a small
essay about Free Software and ways of making money from it. The
text is simple, short and for non-tech people…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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