On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 08:54:06AM +0700, Stefan Probst wrote: > For me, "commercial" means: Doing it directly or indirectly (marketing) for > money. The opposite is doing something for own pleasure (fun) or out of > altruistic reasons. Therefore I think, that Free Software can be very > "commercial".
That's right. Commerical relates to commerce, where you trade something (money) for something else (software). So the opposite of commercial would be "free beer". Selling public domain software on a CD is a commercial activity. Proprietary means it is owned by someone or something and its use is restricted by the owner. The opposite of proprietary could be "free speech". Giving away software to certain people but then saying only they can use the software and in a certain way you specify is a proprietary activity. - Craig -- Craig Small VK2XLZ GnuPG:1C1B D893 1418 2AF4 45EE 95CB C76C E5AC 12CA DFA5 Eye-Net Consulting http://www.enc.com.au/ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIEEE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian developer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
