Re: Building An Apple ][ Software Archive

["Frank Townsend" <ftownsen@iamdigex.net>]

Freeware is a copyrighted work that requires no fee.  See my previous post.

The jargon file seems unreliable in this instance.

Audiences frequently misinterpret things because of ignorance.  That we
can't help.


"Paul Schlyter" <pausch@saafNOSPAM.se> wrote in message
news:8qdmg3$ktu$1@merope.saaf.se...
> In article <a_py5.1491$wn2.122013@dca1-nnrp2.news.digex.net>,
> Frank Townsend <ftownsen@iamdigex.net> wrote:
>
> > As to Paul's point, public domain is *not freeware*
>
> You're wrong here, Roy.  The Jargon File says:
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> freeware n.  Free software, often written by enthusiasts and
> distributed by users' groups, or via email, local nulletin boards,
> USENET, or other electronic media.
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Note the absence of any requirement that freeware should be
> copyrighted.  Thus any piece of software can easily be both PD and
> freeware.  In particular, being PD implies also being freeware.
>
> If you want to distinguish that freeware which is copyrighted, you
> must use the term "copyrighted freeware".  If you don't, expect a
> large part of your audience to interpret "freeware" as "PD".
>
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