[SWLUG] Free as in freedom

[Michael]

Interesting question. Are you referring to people in general, or developers, sysadmins and hardcore Linux users?

I think people (myself included) tend to opt for software that's free, rather than go through the process of forking out money, registering products, etc.

Personally I run totally open and free systems because there's always something to learn from hacking/re-engineering them.

Quoting Hugh Mayfield <hugh.mayfield at gmail.com>: 

> Hi everyone,
>
> Another post from me.  
>
> I wondered to what extent people in this group are interested in free software as opposed to simply open source?  To what extent to people try to run fully free systems?  Does the group see itself as supporting GNU+Linux or simply Linux?  If there was a "free software user group" in South Wales would people see that as something worth joining, or a needless duplication of SWLUG, or somewhere in between?
>
> Really interested to hear peoples' views.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Hugh

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