Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 19:04:44 +0200 From: Willie Viljoen <will@unfoldings.net> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, Peter Wu <peterwu@canada.com> Cc: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: O'Reilly apologizes for calling BSD "Free Software" Message-ID: <200302271904.44537.will@unfoldings.net> In-Reply-To: <3E5E289D.500C9704@mindspring.com> References: <200302261224.54884.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> <86bs0yne2d.fsf@vanilla.zzz> <3E5E289D.500C9704@mindspring.com>
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On Thursday 27 February 2003 17:02, someone, possibly Terry Lambert, typed: > Peter Wu wrote: > > >>>>> "Johnson" == Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> writes: > > > > Johnson> Yes it's true. The Technical Editor of the O'Reilly > > Network Johnson> (chromatic@oreilly.com) has apologized for "apparently > > Johnson> conflating the BSDs with `Free Software`". See the whole > > Johnson> article at <http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/user/view/wlg/2830>. > > > > Excuse me. But isn't FreeBSD 'Free Software'? Or, I misunderstood the > > story? > > He means "Free" as in "Libertine", not "Free" as in "Free". Slashdot have the answer in their FAQ, see "Free Software, Free Beer" :) -- Willie Viljoen Freelance IT Consultant 214 Paul Kruger Avenue, Universitas Bloemfontein 9321 South Africa +27 51 522 15 60 +27 51 522 44 36 (after hours) +27 82 404 03 27 (mobile) will@unfoldings.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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