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You are confusing open source with free-as-in-price. Open source is a development philosophy, not a price tag.
I'm not confusing it, I'm just used to them being paired. Ya know.. FOSS... as are others.
The "Free" in "Free and Open Source Software" is, famously, "free as in speech, not free as in beer."
Well then I admit to being wrong. All the FOSS software I use was free as in no payment required. So.. idk