On Saturday 28 June 2003 06:39 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> oh, and for some people its not obvious that since freenet is open source
> it doesn't contain spyware.  Most of the target audience doesn't even know
> exactly what spyware is, but they've been taught to be afraid of it.  So we
> need BIG signs that we do not bundle ANY spyware.  Also emphasize the
> open-source aspect without getting into specifics like "as-in speech vs.
> beer", "gpl vs. bsd" and all that.  The target audience simply doesn't
> care.
Why would the target audience care about open source AT ALL? It's a free (and 
legal!) download, no ads, no spyware, that's good enough for them.

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Nick Tarleton - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - PGP key available

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