Tom the free Software movement isn't really about "paying" or not paying
its about freeing the Code (as in free speech). But I see there have
been a *lot* of posts on this so I should proably read them before
manking any more comments. 

Carl P. 


On Sun, 2002-04-28 at 13:43, Tom Achtenberg wrote:
> I don't follow your analogy at all.  Free Software Movement seems more to
> have the attitude of "I shouldn't have to pay for anything" where shareware
> at least was "try it and if you like it pay for it."  One has a chance of
> putting food on a programmers table and one does not.  Just like the
> communes of the 60's, FSM sounds good but is not realistic or practical.
> 
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> Tom Achtenberg wrote:
> > I don't see a whole lot of difference between the "Free Software
> > Movement" and the "Shareware" movement.  Just a different platform.
> Free software is free as in free speech, Shareware is free as in free beer.
> 
> Big difference.
> 
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