On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:53:19 +0200, Stefaan A Eeckels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:13:43 -0400 >Al Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:27:34 -0400, Barry Margolin >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >Whether they should be able to is of purely academic interest. The >> >fact is that they *did* do this, and this is what the phrase "free >> >software" now means in the industry. You can dislike it all you >> >want, but you can't legitimately claim that it didn't happen, and >> >ignoring it will simply lead to confusion in discussions like this. >> >> So will ignoring the fact that "free <any product in commerce>" means >> without charge. > >But unless you talk about a box in a shop, software isn't "any product >in commerce". It's *A* product in commerce. Whether the method of transport is the postal service, your arm reaching for a box on the shelf or a download is irrelevant to the fact that it's a product in commerce. -- It's back - http://www.webdingers.com/filelist.html _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
