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[Marck D Pearlstone]

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Hi Dominik,

On 09 October 2001 at  12:31:11 +0200 (which was 11:31 where I live)
Dominik Schwald wrote to Graham and made these points:

>> 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.

DS> Ok. FREE Software (like Software covered by the
DS> GPL/BSD-Licence...) means FREE like 'freedom of speech'. Well and
DS> GnuPGShell is just 'free as beer' - that's it.

GnuPGShell is as free as any item for which no charge is levied. It is
as free as anything that is given away for nothing. It is free. Beer
is not free. You have to pay money for it (even if you make it
yourself). GnuPGShell is free. Werner is mistaken.

DS> Most people out of the W32-world don't understand that,

Duh! The GPL world seems to have stolen the word "FREE" and given it a
whole new meaning which puts a price on its head and corrupts the
whole ethos. There is no monopoly on the word "free" and its meaning.
There is only the dictionary definition. My use of Win32 and your
advocacy of the GPL does not place any rights to abuse that word.

DS> but the FREE Software is much more than just 'cheap'!!!

Exactly. GnuPGShell is free by the dictionary definition. Werner
should apologize to Roger for his misunderstanding and commend him for
his tireless and unrewarded (and now unfairly maligned) efforts to
make GPG accessible to Win32 users.

I remained silent to this point because Werner had only decried
GnuPGShell for being proprietary. That is true. It bears a copyright
notice.

When Werner said it was *not free*, that is a fallacious statement
that must be corrected.

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