Mercurial > emacs
changeset 62340:04670231f80c
Add a footnote.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Sat, 14 May 2005 14:16:28 +0000 |
| parents | 6c80d31b7e43 |
| children | 87b552721862 |
| files | etc/GNU |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/etc/GNU Sat May 14 14:15:27 2005 +0000 +++ b/etc/GNU Sat May 14 14:16:28 2005 +0000 @@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ 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 @@ 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.