On 11/30/05, Mike Wafkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sorry for the misstep - I'm fully aware of the difference between freeware
and OSS and anything else you can identify.
I mistyped...geeze...
Fact is tho, both packages are FREE for the user to use. Let's leave out the
politics of OSS vs. everything else pleeeze!
MRW
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael T. Dean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" < mythtv-users@mythtv.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] I'm thinking of switching to windows :(
> Mike Wafkowski wrote:
>
> >I wan't recommending Windows over Linux, just saying that there is
> >more than one way to "skin a cat." I love Mythtv and also GBPVR. They're
> >both very good solutions (better than any others IMHO) and both are
> >freeware.
> >
> >
> MythTV is definitely *not* freeware (
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware ). MythTV is open-source, FLOSS
> (Free/Libre Open Source Software), or libre software, and there is a big
> difference. Sure, MythTV is available for use free of charge, but who
> cares? The important thing is that *I'm* free to use it or modify it as
> I like.
>
> So, whereas GBPVR may be freeware (whatever it is, we know it's not open
> source and is not libre software), MythTV is more "free-the-user-ware".
>
> Mike
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