Re: Building An Apple ][ Software Archive

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

The Top 10 New Terms for Free Software

10. GRATISWARE
9. TAKE-IT-FOR-NOTHING-WARE
8. GELTLESSWARE
7. NOPAYWARE
6. MYTREATWARE
5. WON'T-PUT-YOU-IN-DEBTWARE
4. ON-THE-HOUSE-WARE
3. NO-JACK-NEEDED-WARE
2. SANSFEEWARE

. . . AND THE NUMBER ONE NEW TERM FOR FREE SOFTWARE [drum roll . . .]

                    "THE-UN-MOOLA"-WARE

By the way, botanically tomatoes *are* fruits.  Next, you'll be telling me
that the morning start is not a star!

"Paul Schlyter" <pausch@saafNOSPAM.se> wrote in message
news:8r1i72$dhk$1@merope.saaf.se...
> In article <FWRA5.834$j13.84788@dca1-nnrp2.news.digex.net>,
> Frank Townsend <ftownsen@iamdigex.net> wrote:

> I think there's a need for a word which means "commercial freeware
> and public domain software", i.e. all software which legally cna be
> used for free.  I've used "freeware" for years to mean just that.
> But I suppose I should stop since so many others attach a somewhat
> different meaning to the word "freeware".  So I'm asking you: what
> word your you want to use instead?  Free-of-charge-ware?  That should
> communicate the meaning OK, but it sounds too clumsy.  Any other
> suggestions?
>
>
> > Like categorizing tomatoes and apples as "red
> > fruit"  (pardon the pun ;-))
>
> Tomatoes aren't fruit -- they're a vegetable....