Free as in “Free Kittens”
Apr 24th, 2007 by Jon Stahl
What a fantastic meme. Michelle quotes Deborah quoting some unknown-but-sage librarian, talking about the “free”-ness of open source software:
“…all of these technologies are ‘free’ as in ‘free kittens,’ not free as in ‘free beer.’”
The point being that open-source software takes care and feeding, and the occasional trip to the vet.
Jodie recently described NewsCloud as “your baby that needs care and feeding” … but I like thinking it’s more like my puppy.
Okay, I’ll bite. I must have missed out on the free beer in college. I always had to pay my fair share!
[...] may be better known for saying it (”unknown but sage?” ok, I prefer that to “well-known [...]