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arghx
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anybody notice this? I download PDFcreator (dumps print output to PDF) and they try to install a toolbar. I have frostwire for gnutella stuff and it's supposedly opensource, but it has the "for-profit" feel and also tries to install a toolbar. And most toolbars are surreptitious adware.

3/16/2010 2:18:57 PM
FroshKiller
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So what? "Open source" means you can't make a buck?

Free as in speech, not free as in beer. Libre vs. gratis. Look it up.

3/16/2010 2:22:20 PM
qntmfred
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open source doesn't mean they don't want to make money. it's always been that way. perhaps developers just have more options available for monetizing their work, though i too am not a fan of bundling toolbars and other crapware in order to do so

3/16/2010 2:24:19 PM
arghx
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it just seems so different from the early sourceforge stuff I used to use.

3/16/2010 2:24:44 PM
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