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Make it more obvious that FreeCAD is free #198

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@yorikvanhavre yorikvanhavre commented Oct 3, 2024

We receive recurring messages asking things like "I can't pay for FreeCAD!" or "Is FreeCAD really free?" or "How do I pay for FreeCAD" and many more like that. I propose to make it more obvious on the FreeCAD website that FreeCAD is free.

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@yorikvanhavre yorikvanhavre marked this pull request as draft October 3, 2024 07:20
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Maybe we should put Free at the beginning of the name so people know it's free. Wait a minute, it already starts with Free :D. Other than the change in download, everything else looks good. Maybe we should add to the slogan "Your own free 3D parametric modeler". Moreover, free is used in both senses here.

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Maybe we should add to the slogan "Your own free 3D parametric modeler"

But then it's also two times free: FreeCAD: Your own free 3D parametric modeler

I think it's clear enough in "FreeCAD" that it's free. Only, when arriving on the webpage and downloading, many people have no idea of what open-source even means, and they actually couldn't see anywhere that it was, actually, really, free :) It's a bit stating the obvious, but our webpage is probably where we need to do it.

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I think the text added in the thank you page is too long and could make it such that people don't get to read the part where we ask for money, I don't think there is a need for clarification in the thank you page, it is shown when they already get the software and we specifically ask for donations and say that it is not required to use freecad.

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I think the text added in the thank you page is too long and could make it such that people don't get to read the part where we ask for money, I don't think there is a need for clarification in the thank you page, it is shown when they already get the software and we specifically ask for donations and say that it is not required to use freecad.

Makes sense indeed... Maybe we just remove that paragraph, and change "being open-source" with "being free and open-source" in the "Support FreeCAD" paragraph?

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