From: Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: MICROSOFT has Bought Over Linus Torvalds!!
Date: 02 Apr 2000 13:03:05 -0700
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"Robert L." <vlad3 AT sympatico DOT ca> writes:

> >Linux works properly and it is free.
> 
> Linux is not free at all, or i don't know what's free mean.

The usual definition used for "free software" is free like "free
speech", not like "free beer".

See also http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html .


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Nate Eldredge
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