In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Alfred M. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >No, freeware simply means a non-free program that can be > >distributed at no cost. > > Where did you get that definition? I don't think most people's use > of the term excludes free programs. > > It is how the term has been defined since around the 1980's. And yes, > it does exclude free software, since free software by definition is > commercial software too. Not all free software is commercial. Some is, some isn't. So does freeware exclude *all* free software, or just commercial software (whether it's free or not)? -- Barry Margolin, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group *** _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
