Yeah, that was what I meant. That when 'free' is used along with 'ware', it's because it's free (libre).
-- Alvaro
On 16-02-2009, at 10:50, Sam Korn smoddy@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton@gmail.com
wrote: 2009/2/16 Alvaro García alvareo@gmail.com:
Doesn't the -ware suffix only show that the software isn't paid?
No... the "free" part shows that. The "ware" part shows that it's software...
But, generally, yes: "freeware" means free-gratis, not free-libre.
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