[Freegis-list] free software vs. free services

[Matt.Wilkie]

> By the way, the word free is just so much easier to use than gratis
> for a native English speaker, I think you're going to fight an
> unwinnable battle, Bernhard!

Oh, I don't know about unwinnable. It wasn't that long ago that 
I didn't make any distinction between the gratis and libre 
meanings of free software. Now the distinction is very important
to me.

Long, slow, tedious, interminable are all applicable terms though. 
:) 


-matt

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Matt Wilkie * Yukon Renewable Resources GIS
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