As I see it, the free as in speech thing relates to the rights you have with respect to distributing the code, etc - ie, as in freedom of shackles, freedom to speak your mind.
The free as in beer means free as in no-cost, and implies nothing about the rights and freedoms to do with the code. Ie, no cost proprietry code (say MS Explorer) is free as in beer, but not free as in speech. In French (apparently) you would call the free as in speech "libre", which is enough to remove confusion because it relates to freedom rather than free from cost. Hope that is somewhat clear :) Brad > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Bell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 4:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: LINUX QUESTIONS > > > > > knoppix won't put any non-free (speech) stuff on the cd. > > I've never understood this free speech/free beer thing. If > someone has the time and inclination to enlighten me I'd be > very very grateful. > > <thick-as-2-short-planks> > Steve > </thick-as-2-short-planks> > > PS - I get that it's in relation to OSS and all, just not the > difference... > > >
