> rms till date couldn't find a suitable > alternative to free, though he agrees with mis-interpretation it raises.
I think RMS is full of mischief. He never cared for Corporates, but only for small users and the society. So I feel he purposely used the word "Free" to make it attractive to the layman. In India and anywhere, people will travel by car spending Rs. 100/- on petrol to save Rs.50/- on some purchase if there is a "Free" offer. I think I have some solid evidence for my claim that RMS is mischievous: Consider the word "GNU" - initially it was pronounced as "New", so as to make it more appealing. And consider the word "Hurd" which he used for his 'free' kernel project. It is very easy to confuse Hurd with Herd; in order to encourage the Herd mentality of the computing masses. So although RMS claims Free stands for Freedom, it is only the second or third meaning in the dictionary. The attempt is not to clarify, but to purposely and mischievously mislead to misinterpret. Thanks for laughing. ...KRS _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
