On 07/08/2011 12:50 AM, Rainer Bielefeld wrote:
I am new here and having a difficult time following this discussion. I'd like to. I think it's important.Italo Vignoli schrieb:Freeware is usually proprietary but free of charge, and belongs to the same category of shareware (in relations with the software license, as it usually adopts an EULA similar to MS Office or IBM Symphony).So it is, and that's nothing we can accept on the repository. CU Rainer
What I am reading in this thread is that "freeware" being referred to as software which is released as "GNU GPL compatible" software[1] or, what I know as F/OSS (free/open source software). Is this correct?
The reason I ask is that the term "freeware" in the US English vernacular refers to software which may legally be used for no (or optional) fees. In other words, we use "freeware" to describe no-charge, commercial (closed source) software and F/OSS into one, big salad[2]. Unfortunate but, there you have it.
thanks, in advance, -Craig 1) http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#SoftwareLicenses 2) https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Freeware -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to website+help@global.libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/website/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted