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In article <18111@rpp386.cactus.org> jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) writes:
> the only difference between FSFware and "Freeware" is you can't steal
> FSFware and pretend you wrote it.  that's about the only practical
> difference.

You can't "steal" many of my freeware programs and pretend you wrote them, but
I don't require that you make any program you incorporate them in freeware
as well. For example, I require that anyone using my Amiga file requestor
credit me (as in, file requestor by Peter da Silva somewhere in the docs), but
otherwise they're free to use it for any purpose. Other stuff I've written is
completely PD, but DP and freeware aren't synonymous.

FSFware, on the other hand, may not be used in commercial software (well, you
can if you want... but you have to give away the source). That's a big
difference.

> both have their place.  something small and easily re-implmentable i'd
> rather do as PDware.  but a large offering would certainly be FSFware.

Not real freeware?

> as for "donations", i believe they are happy with code contributions as
> donations.

They effectively *require* code contributions. Any product distributed using
any FSF code must be placed under the FSF General Public License.
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