POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.general: POV code and software rights (was: Re: question regarding macro quotation): Re: POV code and software rights (was: Re: question regarding macro quotation)

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From: Jari Juslin
Date: 23 May 2002 19:36:11
Message: <3CED7CEB.2E0CC76C@iki.fi>

GrimDude wrote:
> Jari Juslin wrote:
> > Of course it would be good thing if POV-Ray were free software too,
>
> Are you lost? Pov is free.

It does not cost you money, but it's not free in sense of freedom. It's
not the price, it's what you can do with it. Page on URL 
<http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html> discusses more deeply these
matters.

Short relevant quote:

"``Free software'' is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the
concept, you should think of ``free'' as in ``free speech,'' not as in
``free beer.''

Free software is a matter of the users' freedom to run, copy,
distribute, study, change and improve the software."

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