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Date:      Thu, 27 Feb 2003 19:04:44 +0200
From:      Willie Viljoen <will@unfoldings.net>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, 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:  <200302271904.44537.will@unfoldings.net>
In-Reply-To: <3E5E289D.500C9704@mindspring.com>
References:  <200302261224.54884.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> <86bs0yne2d.fsf@vanilla.zzz> <3E5E289D.500C9704@mindspring.com>

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On Thursday 27 February 2003 17:02, someone, possibly Terry Lambert, typed:
> 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".

Slashdot have the answer in their FAQ, see "Free Software, Free Beer"

:)

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