Re: [ilugd] apple FUD on freeware vs foss

2009-03-26 Thread Kartik Mistry
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 12:30 AM, Linux Lingam wrote: > http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/audio/index3.html Same for many sites! I wrote an email to apple. Obviously, no reply! -- Cheers, Kartik Mistry | 0xD1028C8D | IRC: kart_ Debian GNU/Linux Developer Blog.en: ftbfs.wordpress.com Bl

Re: [ilugd] apple FUD on freeware vs foss

2009-03-26 Thread Raj Mathur
On Friday 27 Mar 2009, Smruti wrote: > [snip] > By the way...just curious...after so many years...why are we still > confused with the very definitions we stand to fight for here. Because people don't understand the complex relationships between copyrights, licences, price and distribution? Whic

Re: [ilugd] apple FUD on freeware vs foss

2009-03-26 Thread ­Honey ­Singh
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 2:37 AM, Smruti wrote: > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 1:59 PM, ­Honey ­Singh > wrote: > > > In simple words an open source application can be a freeware but a > freeware > > application/software can't be an open source. > > > I guess you meant "May" by "Can" and "May not" by "

Re: [ilugd] apple FUD on freeware vs foss

2009-03-26 Thread Smruti
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 1:59 PM, ­Honey ­Singh wrote: > In simple words an open source application can be a freeware but a freeware > application/software can't be an open source. I guess you meant "May" by "Can" and "May not" by "Can't". By the way...just curious...after so many years...why a

Re: [ilugd] apple FUD on freeware vs foss

2009-03-26 Thread ­Honey ­Singh
> On 27-Mar-09, at 1:53 AM, Chetan Thapliyal wrote: > > 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? > > In simple words an open source application can b

Re: [ilugd] apple FUD on freeware vs foss

2009-03-26 Thread Abhishek Nandakumar
Freeware must not be confused with FOSS. Freeware simply means - does not require payment for use. Which is the case for Audacity. On 27-Mar-09, at 1:53 AM, Chetan Thapliyal wrote: There are other applications also (not mentioned as open source) that have been listed as freeware. So what's t

Re: [ilugd] apple FUD on freeware vs foss

2009-03-26 Thread Chetan Thapliyal
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

Re: [ilugd] apple FUD on freeware vs foss

2009-03-26 Thread Abhishek Nandakumar
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 c

[ilugd] apple FUD on freeware vs foss

2009-03-26 Thread Linux Lingam
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/m