Yeah, that was what I meant. That when 'free' is used along with 'ware', it's because it's free (libre).
-- Alvaro On 16-02-2009, at 10:50, Sam Korn <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Thomas Dalton <[email protected] > > wrote: >> 2009/2/16 Alvaro García <[email protected]>: >>> Doesn't the -ware suffix only show that the software isn't paid? >> >> No... the "free" part shows that. The "ware" part shows that it's >> software... > > But, generally, yes: "freeware" means free-gratis, not free-libre. > > -- > Sam > PGP public key: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sam_Korn/public_key > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
