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[Graham]

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Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org> wrote thus:

>On Tue, 9 Oct 2001 00:47:30 +0200, Ingo Kl=F6cker said:
>
>> Timo's program is Free Software (it's released under the GNU GPL v2). So=
=20
>> he has nothing to fear from Werner (at least I hope so).
>
>Nobody should fear anybody here.  Telling that something is OT is a
>common thing on mailing lists.
>
>BTW, the main reason why I wrote the reply to the announcement was to
>make clear that GnuPGshell is not free software.  It took some days
>for me to do so because I first needed to check the license of this
>program.
>
>Ciao,
>
>  Werner

and this is my reply:

Werner, I don't want to pursue this any more, but this is some new
version of the word "free" I have not yet come across.

You don't have to pay for GnuPGShell, no registration is required, you
can give it away to your friends without restriction, and it is freely
available. It therefore meets my definition of being "free".  This is
the usually accepted meaning of the word "free" amongst those that use
Windows.

Now, it is true that Roger has not issued the source code, but this is
because he is restricted by the software he uses.  I understand he uses
special functions which come with VBasic and/or Windows itself, and as
these are not Open Source he cannot publish them.  Others might
deprecate the fact, but if you use propriatory software in Windows you
will have to accept these sorts of constraints.

How is it not free?  Because it is not covered by a GPL?

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Graham <graham.todd@ntlworld.com>

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