-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Am 04.02.2007 um 22:20 schrieb Sven Neumann: > Hi, > > On Sun, 2007-02-04 at 20:24 +0100, Axel Wernicke wrote: > >> There is at least one page in the manual that says "GIMP would not be >> freeware, but released under GPL". But as far as I understand the >> wikipedia definition of freeware, freeware just means that the >> software can be used for free (without any charge) for an unlimited >> time. I'd say GIMP _is_ freeware - is it, or isn't it?! > > You are free to use it. But otherwise the license (GPL) is very strict > about what you are allowed to do. But one can indeed argue that > GIMP is > both freeware and free software. But, as Wikipedia also states, we > prefer to exclusively call it free software to avoid confusion with > freeware that usually does not come with the source code and is > therefore proprietary software. OK, I understand that. May be we should avoid the term freeware in the manual at all and instead describe that GIMP is free software and explain what free software means. Btw. the following paragraph is also from the english wikipedia and would suggest that free software is freeware too: "Variations There are many variations of freeware. Freeware is an umbrella term which can include loss leaders (in the form of crippleware), public domain software, free software, proprietary software, and shareware when there is no price to be paid to use the software." Greetings, lexA > > Sven > - --- Live is like a chocolate box, you never know what you wanna get... GPG Signatur auf http://wernicke-online.net/Impressum/ prüfen -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iD8DBQFFxk/oR9mXLVsAbiQRAtwJAKD1t+Y/7TD3WwtuU3rYXcnIO0oZ8wCgg25M ShD6LjZsft7mJHtmlSnNauY= =AJyP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gimp-docs mailing list Gimp-docs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-docs
