Libreware

Imagine a world where every product s design and source comes along with that product. Libreware is software or other design work whose author has chosen to guarantee your freedom to use it, discuss, copy, modify, improve and share it with anyone, in anyway you want, after acquiring the product from its producer. [http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Libreware] idea, pioneered by Free Software Foundation (FSF), is a powerful force transforming the world for the better. In the words of Victor Hugo Nothing is stronger than an idea whose time has come .

Libreware is often Libre software, but hardware and other design works can also be libreware. Open Source Definition is usually libreware too, but libreware is all about freedom - freedom of sharing the source and design of a product anyway you please. This freedom cannot be abridged. It is this freedom that in turn ensures the creation of best products that benefit everyone. In short, libreware is uberware!

=Libreware and money=

If libreware is uberware, why do people acquire products that restrict their rights Why aren t there more good libreware alternatives to proprietary ware Proprietary product vendors place restrictions on their users to make it certain that they are paid for the usage of their products and their competitors don t copy from them. Though this enriches proprietary product vendors, it is clear that it is sub-optimal, because other people are prevented from improving upon their designs. Libreware enriches everyone . In order to foster more libreware alternatives, people should pay for using libreware too even though there are no debilitating restrictions in place to extract money from them for such usage.