Re: cc65 for Apple 2?

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Scott Alfter wrote:
> In article <Ks6dnZfMR_yWmZnVnZ2dnUVZ_tLinZ2d@comcast.com>,
> Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > Scott Alfter wrote:
> >
> > > an ANSI C compiler that (1) is still under somewhat active development and
> > > (2) is free-as-in-speech is going to be a better choice for many
> >
> > And cc65 is also free-as-in-beer--an important consideration.  ;-)
>
>
> "Free as in speech" is a superset of "free as in beer."  The former implies
> the latter, but the latter doesn't imply the former (there's plenty of
> freeware for which the source code isn't made available).

Sorry for not getting it...

But I thought that f.a.i.speech referred to its "openness" not its
price (and there are lots of open products that are sold for a price),
while f.a.i.beer clearly refers to the price.

Stallman notes that:  "FreeAsInSpeech software is often sold for
money, making it not FreeAsInBeer."

-michael

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