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Re: Why freeware turns shareware?
de Eugene Esterly III 04/28/2006 11:02
Al Klein wrote:
> On 28 Apr 2006 15:22:55 +0200, "John Jay Smith" <-> wrote:
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> >Thats where open source differs from freeware....
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> >Freeware is closed code and the creator can cash in on it at any time.
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> Open source is also freeware, but the author of an open source program
> can always add something to it and make it shareware.
Open Source software which is released under the GPL can also be sold,
the only thing that the author has to do is release the source code to
the software.
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