Re: [OT] Pan Newsreader

Hellmark wrote: 
SuperMappy's last words before the Sword of Azrial plunged through his
body were:

Linspire appears to be a nice way to start out in Linux, if you've
been using Windows for years. It makes the transition easier for panic
mongers, so to speak. I decided not to go with the CNR warehouse option
that allows you to download and automatically install programs, for now. I
already got everything I needed with the free trial subscription.



Thats the area that Linspire draws flak over. When linux is free, why
should Linspire be only a trial?


You're mixing up the context of 'free' pertaining to open source software.

It's free as in speech not free as in beer. I know you can get Linux for free (as in beer), but it is not against the open source movement to charge. It's free for you to do whatever you want to do with it, even sell it, providing you provide the source code either on the same web site or media, or apon request.

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