Lot's of software that costs nothing, is considered NOT FREE.
Free, as defined by the free software foundation, is basically software that comes
with the source code and is available to be modified by the user to meet their own
needs.
The GNU GPL basically says, this software can be modified and redistributed in it's
modified state, as long as this GPL license accompanies it, and so on. Read the GPL
for exact details.
The point is, even though you may be able to get binaries from a company at zero cost,
it's not considered 'free' by the GNU community because it lacks a fundamental aspect:
the ability to modify it to meet our needs.
Find out more information at: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
They say, 'free software' is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the
concept, you should think of 'free speech', not 'free beer'.
Free software doesn't have to be zero cost. And zero-cost software isn't necessarily
free.
Cory
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 12:01:57PM -0800, Darren Vyff wrote:
> Ralph Zeller wrote:
>
> >
> > Also, coyote isn't GPL'd as I recall.
> >
>
> On the website, it looked like they had free (linux) and 'commercial'
> (windows) versions.
>
> If its based on Linux, how can it be non GPL?
>
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