Re: Building An Apple ][ Software Archive

[pausch@saafNOSPAM.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <It5B5.940$j13.94363@dca1-nnrp2.news.digex.net>,
Frank Townsend <ftownsen@iamdigex.net> wrote:
> "Paul Schlyter" <pausch@saafNOSPAM.se> wrote in message
> news:8r1i72$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....
> 
> 
> The Top 10 New Terms for Free Software
> 
> 10. GRATISWARE
 
"gratis" = "free", thus "gratisware" = "freeware" ......  <evil grin>
 
> 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!
 
Well, a start is not a star, I'll hope you'll at least agree with me on that!
 
You probably meant to write this though:
 
# By the way, botanically tomatoes *are* fruits.  Next, you'll be telling me
# that the morning star is not a star!
 
Actually it isn't !  Usually the planet Venus is called the "morning star"
or "evening star", depending on whether it can be seen in the morning
or the evening at the moment.  And, yes, I am indeed going to tell you
that Venus is a planet, not a star !!!!
 
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