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[Anthony E. Greene]

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On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Marck D Pearlstone wrote:
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>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.

Have you actually looked up "free" in the dictionary?

My 1975 Random House College Dictionary lists 34 adjective definitions of
the word. Three of those definitions make mention of compensation of some
type. Most of the rest refer, in some manner, to freedom of some type.

In fact, the first mention of any type of compensation is in definition
#25.

It's unfortunate that English has so many meanings for a single word. It's
bound to cause some confusion. But insisting that only your usage (or the
usage by other members of your community) is the correct one is not a
solution.


Tony
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