"Andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, In a message on 23 Feb 2005 16:23:01 -0800, wrote :
"> Hi, "> "> Sorry to put the message here, because I cannot find a group that is "> suitable for such discussion in gnu. "> "> If a product is open-source, does it mean that it is free available to "> everyone ? Define 'free'. In English the word 'free' has two meanings: 1) free as in US$0.00. 2) free as in freedom. Not restrained or constrained or otherwise restricted. Often these two meanings are confused. "> Or just mean everyone who buy it can get the source code at the same "> time? Open-source 'products' include source code availability -- either included or available otherwise (without restrictions). Visit: http://www.open-source.org/ for a complete and detailed explanation of what open-source is. "> "> Thanks! "> "> Andy "> "> \/ Robert Heller ||InterNet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://vis-www.cs.umass.edu/~heller || [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.deepsoft.com /\FidoNet: 1:321/153 _______________________________________________ Help-gplusplus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gplusplus
