> Free software can be proprietary or open source. Perfect example as > I've been talking about all along, the ATI drivers are proprietary, > but they are free, they do not cost us money, therefor they do follow > part of the ideas of the FSF with regards to what is stated below in > "Free Software": > > “Free software” is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the > concept, you should think of “free” as in “free speech,” not as in > “free beer.”
You are certainly misreading this! What the FSF calls Free Software is "free as in freedom software", not "free as in free beer software". What makes a program Free is not the lack of price but the lack of restrictions to your freedom. This is the problem with the English word "free" meaning both "libre" and "gratis". The ATI drivers are gratis but not libre, so neither the FSF or Trisquel will recommend or distribute them. We both don't care if a program is or not gratis, it needs to be libre anyway.
