The term 'Free Software' causes confusion, let's use something else instead

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The term “free software” is one of the most confusing phrases in the tech world. This topic has been debated for over 30 years at this point and it's probably not going to change but I think we should change it and here's what I think it should be.

00:00 Let's talk about "Free Software"
00:28 What "Free Software" is
01:08 Here's the problem...
02:28 Freeware complicates things
02:45 Alternative 1
03:10 Alternative 2
04:06 Alternative 3
05:21 What about the FSF?
06:12 The solution...

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