> Not all free software is commercial. > > All free software must be commercial, anyone can charge a fee for the > act of distributing it. Otherwise, it is not free software.
This discussion is tiresome. You've all fallen prey to the "commercial" word. Actually, I have not fallen prey for anything. I used the word as it is suppsoed to be used. It isn't being used to distinguish between free and non-free software, but to distinguish between charging a fee, services, etc that are associated with the software. Commercial is a very unpratical word to classify some software. That's why I prefer to say Free Software or Non-Free Software. I agree that it is a very unpractical term, if you have one better to refer to commerce, then please tell. Free software (or non-free software) is not the same as commerce, so using those two words to mean commerce or non-commerce is even worse. Cheers. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
