Re: Open source - Free software

[Al Klein]

On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:39:17 -0500, Jay Belanger <belanger@truman.edu>
wrote:

>Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> writes:

>>>Really?  The meaning of the adjective doesn't depend on the noun it
>>>modifies? 

>> Not necessarily.

>Not necessarily, but it can.

Which doesn't support the argument that unfettered is the only way to
apply it to software.

>> Forcing the meaning of free, in a particular usage, to mean unfettered
>> - when it's just as logical to use it to mean without charge - is
>> controlling, not communicating.

>Not at all; the word "free" means "unfettered" in many circumstances
>when it could logically mean without charge.

Which doesn't support the argument that unfettered is the only way to
apply it to software.  Supporting the opposing view isn't an argument
that supports your view.
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