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Oct 19, 2026 9 min

Where's the Money in Free Software? - Computerphile

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Free as in freedom, not free as in cost, but part of the deal is that the software code is released, so if there's always the ability to get the source code, where's the money in free software? Matt Lee explains.Free Software: http://youtu.be/jaJ7vUu1ixgThe Kindle Text Problem: http://youtu.be/kzdugwr4FgkFloating Point Numbers: http://youtu.be/PZRI1IfStY0 http://www.facebook.com/computerphilehttps://twitter.com/computer_phileThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/nottscomputerComputerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. See the full list of Brady's video projects at: http://bit.ly/bradychannels

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