free means two different things, freedom from restriction (and in this context specifically freedom from the usual licensing restrictions associated with commercial software) and freedom from the need to pay a monetary price. the former is free as in "free speech". The latter is free as in "free beer".
from a software perspective there is little practical difference between free (speech) and "open source," but don't tell Richard Stallman I said so :-) On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 16:07:28 +1200 Steve Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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... > > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
