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Re: Free Art vs Free Software: A Double Standard?



On Friday 03 August 2001 15:01, Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo wrote:
> DGI>> I was talking about software. I mean what the hell I need a
> DGI>> source code if I need to buy a MS Windows license and a licese
> DGI>> to Developer Studio? It is just too much _no freee_.
>
> Your "free" is "free beer". RMS's "free" is "free speech" or "free
> information flow". Free speech doesn't imply free (zero-cost) newspapers
> or free cable TV. You still have to pay for them. For "free speech" aspect
> the source code is important, since it allows to share and use the
> information in much broader extent. For "free beer" source code is much
> less important.
I am sorry, but I lost you. I did not understand what do you mean.
Anyway why do you need a code, if you do not have a compiler? If you need to 
buy it, to compile a program it is pointless (IMHO).
Anyway what will be the future of free-opensourced-win32 programs ? There 
will be not good copmiler? BC is free but will you code for gui with it? 
(went totally of topic sorry)

 - diego

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