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  Re: Licensing, Ethics, Open Source and Philosophy  
From: Stephen
Date: 13 Jul 2008 01:17:23
Message: <2n3j749g9ej1j3qn0tk65pj4f2989jr0tt@4ax.com>
On 12 Jul 2008 11:03:53 -0400, Nicolas George <nicolas$george@salle-s.org>
wrote:

>Warp  wrote in message <4878c2d7@news.povray.org>:
>>   The word "free" doesn't change its meaning if you attach the word
>> "software" to it
>
>Yes it does: since there was no common use of this particular pair of words
>before the FSF, it becomes a trademark.

For the last twenty years, or so, I've understood free software to have no cost.
I'm with Warp on this one.
-- 

Regards
     Stephen


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