On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:13:43 -0400 Al Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:27:34 -0400, Barry Margolin > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Whether they should be able to is of purely academic interest. The > >fact is that they *did* do this, and this is what the phrase "free > >software" now means in the industry. You can dislike it all you > >want, but you can't legitimately claim that it didn't happen, and > >ignoring it will simply lead to confusion in discussions like this. > > So will ignoring the fact that "free <any product in commerce>" means > without charge. But unless you talk about a box in a shop, software isn't "any product in commerce". -- Stefaan A Eeckels -- People don't ask for facts in making up their minds. They would rather have one good soul-satisfying emotion than a dozen facts. --Leavitt _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
