In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Kastrup  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>>>No, freeware simply means a non-free program that can be distributed
>>>at no cost.

>> Where did you get that definition?  I don't think most people's use
>> of the term excludes free programs.

>When there is a charge on them, it usually does.  Few people will call
>Redhat Enterprise Linux "freeware" since you will be hard to put to
>get it outside of an expensive subscription arrangement, in spite of
>it being free software.

So some free software is - in that view - not freeware.  But I was denying
Alfred's assertion that freeware is necessarily non-free.

-- Richard
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