Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 12:35:40 -0600 From: jacks@sage-american.com To: smorton@acm.org, amos <amos@harborside.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Free? Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20011211123540.01078190@mail.sage-american.com> In-Reply-To: <3C164B13.20109@verizon.net> References: <000801c18234$bf3f6e00$93312d0c@amos>
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...well said! At 01:06 PM 12.11.2001 -0500, Simon Morton wrote: >amos wrote: > >> I would really like to rid myself of Micro$ost, but can't find an >> inexpensive way to do it. My question is, "How can you say FreeBSD is >> free if you cannot download it? >> >> > >Well, you can ... but that's not really the point. The "free" in free >software usually refers to your freedom to use it, not to your ability >to obtain it or use it at no cost. > >If this is not the definition of "free" that you were looking for, you >are certainly "free" to go write your own operating system which meets >any definition of "free" that you like. > >Simon > >-- >http://www.SimonMorton.com >smorton at acm dot org >\rm -rf /bin/laden > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Server Admin Sage-American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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