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Re: Why freeware turns shareware?
de "John Jay Smith" <-> 04/28/2006 10:29
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"Susan Bugher" <sebugher@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Al Klein wrote:
>> On 28 Apr 2006 15:22:55 +0200, "John Jay Smith" <-> wrote:
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>>>Thats where open source differs from freeware....
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>>>Freeware is closed code and the creator can cash in on it at any time.
>
> Good grief. . . Freeware can be open source and a lot of it is.
>
> http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/WareGlossary.php
>
> "Freeware: Legally obtainable software that you may use at no cost,
> monetary or otherwise, for as long as you wish."
>
>> Open source is also freeware, but the author of an open source program
>> can always add something to it and make it shareware.
>
> wrong, Wrong, WRONG. . . "Open source" does not mean free of monetary
> cost. . .
>
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
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> <q>
> ``Free software'' is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the
> concept, you should think of ``free'' as in ``free speech,'' not as in
> ``free beer.''
> </q>
>
> Susan
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