Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 17:10:50 -0400 From: Val Smith <vmsmith@grokking.org> To: "Valerie Andrewlevich" <vandrewlevich@momsandkids.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: free? Message-ID: <200306161710.50848.vmsmith@grokking.org> In-Reply-To: <006401c33446$c7ca39e0$6600a8c0@brooklynsax5re> References: <006401c33446$c7ca39e0$6600a8c0@brooklynsax5re>
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On June 16, 2003 04:35 pm, Valerie Andrewlevich wrote: "Free" has another (IMHO more important) meaning as well: FreeBSD is free of many of the licensing restrictions attached to commercial OSes. You're essentially free to install it on as many boxes as you want; no draconian "product activation" nonsense here. Got programming skills? Modify part or all of the OS to suit your needs. Aye it's a thing of beauty...Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy just thinking about it. > I'm a bit confused -- your website clearly states that freeBSD is a free > OS, yet each of the sites that offer the CD charge money for it. Am I > missing something here? > > thanks, > Valerie Andrewlevich > vandrewlevich@momsandkids.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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