"Free as in speech, not free as in beer."

I'm not reading an AI slop article, but there's nothing in either the Free Software Definition or the Open Source Definition restricting the selling of software. It does prevent you from restricting people from sharing that software once they've bought it, but you could always use a threshold pledge system to ensure you get enough money before releasing anything:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threshold_pledge_system

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cocodill an hour ago | parent [-]

> "Free as in speech, not free as in beer."

As I understand it, if you have the first, the second follows from it. So it's effectively the same.

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mrob an hour ago | parent [-]

Not the same at all. Free as in beer means you get nothing. Free as in speech allows you to get as much money as you can using a threshold pledge system. This isn't just theoretical: the famous 3D modelling software Blender was released this way, becoming Free Software only after a €100,000 payment.

	▲	cocodill 39 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Sorry, I phrased it badly. I meant that in practice free-as-in-speech implies free-as-in-beer for copies: once anyone can redistribute the code.