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In article <11424@.UUCP> ergo@.UUCP (Isaac Rabinovitch) writes:

   In the mean time, you probably shouldn't correct people when they
   misuse "public domain".  People think it's really obnoxious.  At
   least they seem to when *I* do it!

I always correct people when they refer to my free software as "public domain".
I tell them that it's copyrighted but copyable by all.  The most inclusive
term is "freely copyable".  This refers to truly public domain, free software,
and shareware.

Be sure to understand that "free software" refers to the status of the
software, not the price you pay to get it.  There is no such thing as
zero-cost software.  If you downloaded it from a BBS, you paid for the phone
call.  If you got it from a disk copying firm, you paid them for it.  Media
costs are always non-zero (although the other guy may be paying the cost).

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