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Re: Maybe OT but of interest to some
de Al Klein 05/29/2006 04:33
On Sun, 28 May 2006 08:00:01 -0400, Chris Lee <clee2@envirolink.org>
wrote:
>In article <imsh72hu3et4a4i490r1q3uqleuc7su43s@4ax.com>, rukbat@pern.invalid
>says...
>>Free software gives you a package to install and run. Open source
>>gives you the source code as well Or sometimes JUST the source code
>>you compile it yourself. If you can't, that's too bad. (Usually
>>only with *nix software.)
>Wrong again. You're confusing freeware which consits of giving you a
>package to install and run,especially where PC's running Windows and Macs
>are concerned, with the Free Software/Open Source movement where you
>can get the source code as well or sometimes JUST the source code.
I think I read that somewhere.
Oh, yes, it's exactly what I said right above.