sometimes, people many not understand free as in free of charge and free as in freedom to modify. likewise, the GPL and all it's variants all have their little differences.
many, myself included, may only have a vague idea of what they mean, especially from a legal standpoint, after going thru all it's revisions. taking into consideration this is a newbie list... ----- Original Message ----- From: "D. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 2:16 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] run windows executable in Linux ... > On Saturday 08 June 2002 01:23 am, you wrote: > > Wow. I really don't think someone asking, on a Linux mailing list, if > > there's "free" software to do what they want to do is unreasonable. He > > didn't ask if someone had a cracked version of these programs. He didn't > > even say he wasn't willing to pay for something. Just seemed to be > > asking honest question to me. Way to jump down this persons throat. > > Good grief.... I wasn't trying to jump down anyone's throat... > > I always come across that way, and I don't mean to... I need to learn how to > type or communicate or something. > > Sorry. > > However, he wasn't asking about if there was a free program (which there was > and both had been mentioned already), but why a company would charge money > for LINUX software... > > At least that's how I read it... But I guess I am the only one. > > Sorry. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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