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  Re: Licensing, Ethics, Open Source and Philosophy  
From: Jim Henderson
Date: 15 Jul 2008 15:23:14
Message: <487cf922$1@news.povray.org>
On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:21:47 -0400, Jim Henderson wrote:

> Because he keeps bringing cost into the discussion about what "free"
> means:
> 
> 'To them "free" means "you can sell it for a price". And they don't see
> any contradiction in that.'
> 
> There is only a contradiction if you assume free *only* means "at no
> cost".

BTW, that's why *most* outside the FSF refer to the software these days 
as "OSS" or "covered under an OSI-approved license"; some also call it 
FLOSS, though personally, that one sticks in my teeth for some reason.

Jim


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