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Re: Open source - Free software
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Open source - Free software |
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Thu, 28 Sep 2006 08:32:33 +0200 |
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Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> writes:
> On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:27:34 -0400, Barry Margolin
> <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
>>Whether they should be able to is of purely academic interest. The fact
>>is that they *did* do this, and this is what the phrase "free software"
>>now means in the industry. You can dislike it all you want, but you
>>can't legitimately claim that it didn't happen, and ignoring it will
>>simply lead to confusion in discussions like this.
>
> So will ignoring the fact that "free <any product in commerce>" means
> without charge.
Like "free press"?
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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