Re: Open source - Free software

[Richard Tobin]

In article <mailman.7575.1159491733.9609.gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org>,
Alfred M. Szmidt <ams@gnu.org> wrote:

>Freeware by definition is software which is distributed without fee,
>so it cannot by definition be distributed commercially.

Can you explain the "so" in that sentence?  Why does the fact that it
is distributed without fee preclude it from being distributed
commercially as well?

-- Richard