In addition to myself. The big problem is most people regard Freeware and Free Software as just a mispelling of the same license.This is a huge misunderstanding.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware gives a nice explanation of the differences. You might also check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software to compare. Have fun 2016-10-20 11:05 GMT+02:00 Harry Thijssen <pspp4wind...@gmail.com>: > Hi > > In addition to Alan's answer and a bit philosophical: > > The word FREE comes from Freedom, not Free of charge. You can read a nice > explanation of it in: > https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html > > From this page: > A program is free software if the program's users have the four essential > freedoms: > > - The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom > 0). > - The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does > your computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a > precondition for this. > - The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor > (freedom 2). > - The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others > (freedom 3). By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to > benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for > this. > > Have fun > > > > Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2016 11:11:01 +0200 > From: Piotr Mackiewicz <piotrek.mackiew...@gmail.com> > To: pspp-users@gnu.org > Subject: Licence question - commercial usage. > Message-ID: > <cacewsnspyeqyotru4cevcmpmw1xpqnoxqycvz4ytkcsrwwu...@mail.gm > ail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear Sir or Madam > > > > I have a question to License of Pspp4Windows downloaded from > https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp ? Is this software free to commercial > use > too? > > > Thank you in advance for Your answer > Best regards, > *Piotr Mackiewicz* > >
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