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Re: Web services are NOT freeware.
de Roger Johansson 01/20/2007 09:40
If I go to the shoutcast web page and click on some station there it
will cause an mp3player in my computer to start receiving a streaming
radio station.
Is this webware, an internet resource or an "obtainable" program, or
both, or something inbetween?
If I use Screamer instead, and it works in the same way, am I using an
internet resource, or am I using a program, or both?
If I install a MySQL server and the mediawiki program I can create a
local wiki.
I can let others have access to it. It is now a program or an internet
resource?
If I am allowed to use Sam Odios Bluwiki system, is that a program I am
allowed to use for free, or is it an internet resource?
It becomes harder and harder to draw a simple line between downloadable
software and internet resources. So it would be the simplest way out of
this predicament by removing the difference in our definition of free
software and accept how the modern world actually works.
There is a lot of software we can use for free without actually
downloading or "obtaining" it.
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Roger J.