Re: Open source - Free software

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   >>>All free software must be commercial, anyone can charge a fee
   >>>for the act of distributing it.  Otherwise, it is not free
   >>>software.

   >>What makes you think that all freeware prohibits you from
   >>charging a fee for the act of distributing it?

   >I didn't write about freeware, I wrote about free software.

   You claimed that free software can't be freeware.

Sorry, I misunderstood you.



Since freeware by definition is software which is distributed gratis,
it cannot be commercial.  Otherwise, it is not freeware, but
non-freeware (for the lack of a better term).  Does that answer your
question?