From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 27 08:16:36 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id IAA25714 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 27 Dec 1996 08:16:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from xmission.xmission.com (softweyr@xmission.xmission.com [198.60.22.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id IAA25709 for ; Fri, 27 Dec 1996 08:16:33 -0800 (PST) Received: (from softweyr@localhost) by xmission.xmission.com (8.8.4/8.7.5) id JAA21280; Fri, 27 Dec 1996 09:16:24 -0700 (MST) From: Softweyr LLC Message-Id: <199612271616.JAA21280@xmission.xmission.com> Subject: Free vs. Free (was Re: Why cant you do this???) To: tjb@fnbc.com Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 09:16:24 -0700 (MST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Reply-To: chat@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <282.9612271014@lihuge.fnbc.co.uk> from "Tim Bissell" at Dec 27, 96 10:14:03 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Tim Bissell wrote: > I don't want to criticise, but in no way does buying a CD of FreeBSD defeat > the "free"ness -- Does photocopying a freely distributable newsletter make > it less free because you have to pay for the toner and paper? It's > unfortunate that in english we don't have two commonly used and distinct > words for free(cost) and free(liberty)... Good point. So few Americans understand the difference between "You are free to do as you wish", which is freedom, and "you can have this without paying me for it", which is cost reduction. How this ever became associated with the word "free" is beyond me; it is quite an ugly abuse of the language. Perhaps this perversion was introduced into the language by the Trilateral Commission as yet another attempt to enslave us through language? ;^) Followup redirect to chat, as appropriate. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com