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I'm reading « Internet : trois milliards de prolétaires ? » I don't know What does « ne font plus sourire » mean here:

Un peu moins de vingt ans plus tard, ce texte fondateur est plus que jamais d’actualité : le logiciel libre se démocratise, les échanges non commerciaux ne font plus sourire et la culture du don devient populaire. Bref, l’utopie Internet semble se réaliser sous nos yeux.

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    It means they are no longer mocked of.
    – kiwixz
    Commented Dec 29, 2014 at 23:38

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That idiom means they are now taken seriously.

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  • Thank you dear jlliagre. Would you please translate « le logiciel libre se démocratise ?» The free software democratize?
    – abbassix
    Commented Dec 29, 2014 at 19:44
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    I would translate it as "free and open source software is becoming more and more popular".
    – jlliagre
    Commented Dec 29, 2014 at 20:09

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