On Feb 23, 2005, at 12:32 PM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote:
On Feb 23, 2005, at 12:23 PM, Jacob S wrote:
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:46:47 +0100 Anthony Atkielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jacob S writes:
Good. I'm glad to see the average Windows user looking around the computer store still gets to see an alternative once in a while.
I'm pretty sure I've seen Mandrake, SuSE, RedHat, Fedora, and a couple
of other Linux versions in computer stores.
A few years ago, I bought my first copy of FreeBSD (4.3) in a computer
store. Now I can't find FreeBSD anywhere; I had to burn my own CD
from a download to install 5.3.
So, FreeBSD is vulnerable to this same hypocrasy; where it is sold in stores but still hailed as a "free" OS?
I think you are misunderstanding what "free" means. Though I think RMS is a closet-communist and dislike the GPL, his description of "Free" is pretty good.
Don't think "free" as in "Free Beer"...
As a follow up
<http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html>
I am not saying I agree or disagree with everything written, but it gives a good idea of what "Free" means as in "Free Software."
Chad
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