From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 18 14:33:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA09226 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 18 May 1998 14:33:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lucy.bedford.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA09073 for ; Mon, 18 May 1998 14:32:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@lucy.bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by lucy.bedford.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA10708; Mon, 18 May 1998 17:26:35 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199805182126.RAA10708@lucy.bedford.net> Subject: Re: Difference In-Reply-To: <3560813E.DD1E4711@cactuscom.com> from Stephane Riel at "May 18, 98 02:43:10 pm" To: sriel@cactuscom.com Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 17:26:34 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-to: djv@bedford.net From: CyberPeasant X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Stephane Riel wrote: > What is the difference between the shareware version and commercial > version? > the cdrom on walnut.com, is the commercial version? > There are no differences. Walnut Creek is the "official" distribution, and barring some copyrighted documentation, other sites are the same. The licensing is all the same. (again, barring some documentation). There is no shareware version. FreeBSD is /freeware/. Donations are accepted by freebsd.org, see the web page for more info. Freebsd.org gets a cut of walnut creek cdrom sales, one reason it deserves patronage. I once shelled out (other people's money) US$10,000 for a commercial operating system (VAX/VMS 4) without source code or compilers. FreeBSD is a /deal/. Dave -- <----. mail-to: djv@bedford.net <----|=================================== <----' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message