From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Nov 12 7: 3:56 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mta3.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta3.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5894314E9C; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 07:03:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris@holly.dyndns.org) Received: from holly.dyndns.org ([216.62.157.60]) by mta3.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.1999.09.16.21.57.p8) with ESMTP id <0FL300A17B5ZU7@mta3.rcsntx.swbell.net>; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 09:03:40 -0600 (CST) Received: (from chris@localhost) by holly.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA56403; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 09:03:38 -0600 (CST envelope-from chris) X-URL: http://www.FreeBSD.org/~chris/ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 09:03:37 -0600 From: Chris Costello Subject: Re: FreeBSD for "free" In-reply-to: To: "Andreas L. Gustafsson" Cc: wosch@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: chris@calldei.com Message-id: <19991112090337.P48527@holly.calldei.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/0.96.4i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT (i386) References: Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 |Nice computers don't go down. `---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message