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What is free software?

Free software is software that respects the 4 software freedoms. The 4 freedoms are

The freedom to run the run the program
The freedom to study the source code
The freedom to modify the source code
The freedom to distribute modified versions of the source code

Please note: Free software does not relate to monetary price. Free software can be sold or gratis (no cost)

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Ladybird - a brand new browser engine that isn't Google or Mozilla (ladybird.org)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh - I thought thats what the story was about. Building a new browser engine.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It is but it takes a lot of time

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Well - I’m not part of the project but I respect the deveopers that are and that they make the right decision for their work or spare time.

If you are part of the project but feel that your effort is wasted you should indeed work on something else