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Date:      Thu, 27 Feb 2003 07:02:53 -0800
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Peter Wu <peterwu@canada.com>
Cc:        Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: O'Reilly apologizes for calling BSD "Free Software"
Message-ID:  <3E5E289D.500C9704@mindspring.com>
References:  <200302261224.54884.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> <86bs0yne2d.fsf@vanilla.zzz>

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Peter Wu wrote:
> >>>>> "Johnson" == Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> writes:
> 
>     Johnson> Yes it's true. The Technical Editor of the O'Reilly Network
>     Johnson> (chromatic@oreilly.com) has apologized for "apparently
>     Johnson> conflating the BSDs with `Free Software`". See the whole
>     Johnson> article at <http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/user/view/wlg/2830>.
> 
> Excuse me. But isn't FreeBSD 'Free Software'? Or, I misunderstood the story?

He means "Free" as in "Libertine", not "Free" as in "Free".

8-) 8-).

-- Terry

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