On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 10:09:18PM -0500, David Clymer wrote: > What makes it Free is an accompanying license which grants an individual > freedom to use the item in question (software, logo, etc) under certain > conditions.
Ug. Listen, you're right and everything, but "Freedom" and "you can only use it under certain conditions" should not be used in the same sentence -- you are debasing the language. I know all about "Absolute Freedom" and its limits (the term here would be "Public Domain") but you really shouldn't call that Free as in Freedom. Please don't soapbox me, I know what you're going to say. I would call it "Responsibility Software" because "use it responsibily" is a more precisely correct definition. "Freedom" means "freedom to abuse" as well as "freedom to use correctly." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
