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Re: The Comparison Now in HTML

From: <pll_at_lanminds.com>
Date: 2003-09-08 02:30:31 CEST

In a message dated: Sun, 07 Sep 2003 15:57:47 +0300
Shlomi Fish said:

>Actually, "gratis" is a proper English word for costless (or free as in
>free beer). Check:

Right!

>I have only used gratis for describing the costless BitKeeper license and
>I'd rather keep it that way so people won't think it is free as in free
>speech.

And I think that's a great idea. People too often think that 'Free'
software means 'free from cost', which isn't the intention behind
'Free Software' at all (though it is a nice side benefit).

Great comparisson Shlomi!

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