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To: N3WBI3

Anything released under the GPL license is considered “free software” by the creator of the license. It’s also the “software freedom law center” that’s bringing the charges forth, which is probably just another one of Stallman’s many fronts. Get them all to quit misusing the word “free” if you want fewer misconceptions about whether it’s actually “free” or not.


20 posted on 09/21/2007 10:40:33 AM PDT by Golden Eagle
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To: Golden Eagle; N3WBI3

So Free Societies aren’t really Free ...because they carry some obligations?


21 posted on 09/21/2007 10:43:18 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Golden Eagle
"Anything released under the GPL license is considered “free software” by the creator of the license."

Uggg youre going to make me go to that unwashed moonbats site:

"The freedom to redistribute copies ***must*** include binary or executable forms of the program, ***as well as*** source code, for both modified and unmodified versions." -- http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html

Everyone in the world except the insanely obtuse who read the license or his thoughts on the license get this..

Get them all to quit misusing the word “free” if you want fewer misconceptions about whether it’s actually “free” or not.

Umm one of the many definitions of free is "Unguarded in expression or manner; open; frank."...

23 posted on 09/21/2007 10:47:34 AM PDT by N3WBI3 (Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak....)
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