David Grundberg wrote: >> >> I noticed it, and, while I didn't personally find the original >> statement confusing, I agree "proprietary" is more precise than >> "commercial," and have made the change as David suggested. Thanks for >> the feedback! >> >> Humbly, >> >> Andrew > > > I'm glad to hear this. The problem with the word commercial is that > almost all software can be used for commercial purposes, with some > exceptions (I think MAME could be one). Whether software is free or > proprietary is an orthogonal question to whether it is commercial or not.
Hmmmm.... A very interesting point of view (Stallman) was published in June issue of Communications of the ACM : Stallman, R. 2009. Viewpoint Why "open source" misses the point of free software. Commun. ACM 52, 6 (Jun. 2009), 31-33. DOI= http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1516046.1516058 http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1516046.1516058&coll=ACM&dl=ACM&idx=J79&part=magazine&WantType=Magazines&title=Communications%20of%20the%20ACM&CFID=59042662&CFTOKEN=38826178 Access is controlled but this specific paper is GPLed. -- -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/pcre-dev
