Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 09:03:37 -0600 From: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> To: "Andreas L. Gustafsson" <ante@Update.UU.SE> Cc: wosch@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD for "free" Message-ID: <19991112090337.P48527@holly.calldei.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.VUL.3.93.991112111727.22971B-100000@Zeke.Update.UU.SE> References: <Pine.VUL.3.93.991112111727.22971B-100000@Zeke.Update.UU.SE>
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On Fri, Nov 12, 1999, Andreas L. Gustafsson wrote: > > I was browsing by your webpages and I noticed that amongst the qualities > of FreeBSD you write that it is free, i.e. costs you nothing. > > I'd like to point out that since the Free Software Foundation has used > that word in a diffrent meaning, free as in freedom, using the same word > as in "costs you no dollars" is sure to confuse people. > > Considering the so called "Open Software" community these days is studied > closely by the press and a lot of people with little or no computer > experience, I think it is in the interest of all to use a unabigous use of I don't understand. More people see "free" as "$0" than they do as in the FSF's meaning. Why continue a bad trend? -- |Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> |Nice computers don't go down. `---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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