Re: Open source - Free software

[Barry Margolin]

In article <mailman.7545.1159458988.9609.gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org>,
 "Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@gnu.org> wrote:

>    >No, freeware simply means a non-free program that can be
>    >distributed at no cost.
> 
>    Where did you get that definition?  I don't think most people's use
>    of the term excludes free programs.
> 
> It is how the term has been defined since around the 1980's.  And yes,
> it does exclude free software, since free software by definition is
> commercial software too.

Not all free software is commercial.  Some is, some isn't.  So does 
freeware exclude *all* free software, or just commercial software 
(whether it's free or not)?

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