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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2005-05-14 14:16:28 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2005-05-14 14:16:28 +0000
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Add a footnote.
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@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ operating systems onto the new hardware.
The sale of teaching, hand-holding and maintenance services could
also employ programmers.
- People with new ideas could distribute programs as freeware, asking
+ People with new ideas could distribute programs as freeware(7), asking
for donations from satisfied users, or selling hand-holding services.
I have met people who are already working this way successfully.
@@ -534,3 +534,10 @@ lead others to suppose that those laws form one coherent issue. The way to be
clear is to to discuss patents, copyrights, and trademarks separately.
See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.xhtml for more explanation
of how this term spreads confusion and bias.
+
+ (7) In 1985 I had not yet recognize it is important to distinguish
+clearly between "free software" and "freeware". The term "freeware"
+means you are free to redistribute the software--but not necessarily
+free to study and change the source code. So it is not the same as
+free software. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html
+for more explanation.