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Re: Screenshot Captor: A New Definition for Freeware
de Susan Bugher 05/18/2006 07:04
Roger Johansson wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware
> There is no neutral and good freeware, according to wikipedia.
> We who use and like freeware ought to try to make the article better,
> but I fear we have no chance against the open source fanatics who have
> mangled this article into something totally misleading.
It might be worth trying an appeal to some of the linked web sites such as:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html#freeware
Maybe send them something along these lines. . .
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Some "free software"/ open source advocates are actively promoting
erroneous defintions of Freeware. Please help us conteract the spread of
the kind of FUD found on this web page.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware
You maintain that: "Free software is a matter of freedom, not price."
Participants in the alt.comp.freeware newsgroup maintain that Freeware
is a matter of the cost you pay (monetary and non-monetary) to use the
software. Our definition of Freeware is: "Freeware: Legally obtainable
software that you may use at no cost, monetary or otherwise, for as long
as you wish."
Freeware may or may not be open source - the terms are not mutually
exclusive. The terms "free software" and Freeware are about two
different things, Both may (or may not) apply to a given software program.
Please use ACF's ware definition of Freeware on your web pages and/or
link to ACF's ware glossary which defines "wares" in terms of monetary
and non-monetary costs.
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/WareGlossary.php
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Susan
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