There are other applications also (not mentioned as open source) that have been listed as freeware. So what's the point if some open source application has been mentioned as freeware?

Abhishek Nandakumar wrote:
The description does say free, open source. Freeware is in reference to price.

On 26-Mar-09, at 11:57 PM, Linux Lingam wrote:

dear all,

am hugely dismayed to note that a company that obviously understands foss,
adn cleverly uses foss tools to its advantage,
spreads the fud about foss by calling it freeware.
here they are calilng 'audacity' freeware, among several dozen examples i found:


http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/audio/index3.html

that's like calling an apple, a pineapple.

regards
niyam
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