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- From: rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo)
- Subject: Re: Why do people want PD software?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug30.124845.23411@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
- Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
- References: <bws.14@ccs.carleton.ca> <9LywPB1w165w@cybrspc.UUCP> <367@global.hacktic.nl> <1992Aug28.145404.17987@crd.ge.com> <3449@global.hacktic.nl>
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 12:48:45 GMT
- Lines: 24
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- peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:
-
- >davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen) writes:
- >>In article <367@global.hacktic.nl>, peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:
- >>| That is of course nit-picking. Would you suggest GCC if someone asks for a PD
- >>| C compiler? Of course not! It's not a PD C compiler but a freeware. Sheesh!
- >> What's your point here? Your statement is correct, but I think you're
- >>trying to make it say something else other than what the word mean. GCC
- >>is not PD, if someone needs PD they can't use it.
-
- >Why would anyone need PD and not freeware?
-
- With PD, I can distribute the program and source as part of my own program
- without any problems. With freeware (most of the time) I still have to get
- the permission from the author to distribute his/her program & source code.
- (Unless stated that I can distribute it whatever I want).
- For example if I want to include a UUDECODE/ENCODE program as part of my
- own program then I would look for a PD implementation first since I can
- do whatever I want with the program/source code.
-
- -- budi
- --
- Budi Rahardjo <rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
- Unix Support - Computer Services - University of Manitoba
-