Freeware Python editor

[Chris Gonnerman]

FreeWare is a counterpoint to ShareWare.  I was there... before
ShareWare was invented, we just called it free software (not
to be confused with Free Software ala GNU), but then ShareWare
came out, expecting payment, and those who didn't care to be
paid called their programs FreeWare.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Winkler" <slinkp23 at yahoo.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
To: <python-list at python.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 10:33 PM
Subject: Re: Freeware Python editor


> On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 16:58:25 -0800, Emile van Sebille <emile at fenx.com>
wrote:
> >
> >"Erik Max Francis" <max at alcyone.com> wrote in message
> >news:3BE099F6.A9E0708F at alcyone.com...
> >> Paul Winkler wrote:
> >>
> >> > But this was before my time. Can anyone who was hacking in the
70s/80s
> >> > comment on the evolution of these terms? When did "freeware" come to
> >> > mean "free beer, no source"?
> (snip)
> >From the Jargon file:
> >
> >freeware /n./
> (snip)
>
> Yeah, that was the first place I looked it up. I love the jargon file.
> Unfortunately it doesn't answer my question.
>
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