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Re: Screenshot Captor: A New Definition for Freeware
de Eugene Esterly III 05/22/2006 06:09
Roger Johansson wrote:
> Helen wrote:
>
> > .. Univ of Miami School of Law:
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> > Freeware
>
> > 3.. modifications to the software are allowed and encouraged,
> > 4.. decompiling (i.e. reverse engineering) of the program code is allowed without the
> > explicit permission of the copyright holder, and
> > 5.. development of new works built upon the package (derivative works) is allowed and
> > encouraged with the condition that derivative works must also be designated as freeware.
>
> Incredible. They define freeware as open source.
>
> Real freeware like the Opera browser, does not exist in their world.
>
> Makes one wonder who is spreading all this totally faulty information
> about freeware. Fanatical open source advocates, is a good guess. For
> some reason they seem to hate freeware.
Well, the problem with the fanatical open source advocates is the they
believe that all software must be open source. They don't like any
software which isn't open source hence this is the reason why the hate
commerical, freeware, shareware & public domain software. To them it
must be open source or nothing at all.