Re: Fund raising at the FSF

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From: Sakari Aaltonen
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 22:03

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Not being a native speaker of English, I'm not aware of the multitude of
meanings the word 'free' may possess. However, when 'free' refers to a
_ware_, the obvious meaning - obvious to me, that is - is 'no-cost'.
Free hardware (or free kitchenware) is something you don't have to pay for; 
similarly for free software. 

Free will is something else; so is a free society or a free agent. In
these case, referral is made to things that cannot ordinarily be bought
or sold, so the 'no-cost' meaning has no sense.
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Sakari Aaltonen                              Email: sakaria@vipunen.hut.fi
"... implementing hardware interrupts in a PC peripheral interface is like
falling off a log."              Horowitz and Hill, The Art of Electronics

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