On 2004-11-16, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 22:50 +0000, Juha Siltala wrote: >> On 2004-11-16, Rick Friedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Paul Johnson wrote: >>=20 >> >> But F-Prot sucks by default because it is nonfree. Check out clamav >> >> instead. http://www.clamav.net/ >> > >> > Hmmm... except F-Prot for Linux for the workstation is free for persona= > l=20 >> > use. >>=20 >> That's not free. They just don't charge you any money. > > Of course it is. > > $ dict free > [snip] > {Free cost}, freedom from charges or expenses. --South. > [snip]
That's hardly what free/nonfree refers to in the context of Debian software, and I'm sure you know that. > I'm sure you know that English overloads many words, including > "free". Sure. But I don't think "nonfree" is such a term. In fact I don't think it's a proper word at all when we're trying to refer to price -- nonfree is a word invented for speaking in the context of Free Software. -- Juha Siltala http://www.edu.helsinki.fi/activity/people/jsiltala/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
