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Re: Why freeware turns shareware?
de Al Klein 04/29/2006 01:49
On 28 Apr 2006 14:02:58 -0700, "Eugene Esterly III"
<gene_ewe3rd@yahoo.com> wrote:
>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.
Which means that you can compile (assemble, interpret ...) the source.
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