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Re: Maybe OT but of interest to some
de Al Klein 05/29/2006 04:35
On Sat, 27 May 2006 20:33:05 -0500, »Q« <boxcars@gmx.net> wrote:
>Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote in
><news:oish729agqv02635s8pg7p15udl7477n55@4ax.com>:
>> Software can be released with a license to sell or with no license
>> to sell - it's entirely up to the author. (As in "no amount may
>> be charged, even a medium charge".)
>It can be released that way, but then it's not free software.
Free software is software for which there is no price, not software
you're free to do what you want with. The latter is called "public
domain", and most freeware is *NOT* in the public domain.