[mythtvnz] freeware vs open source (was USB remote receiver)

[Douglas Pearless]

Perhaps this discussion should be taken elsewhere as it seems somewhat off topic :-)  

Quoting Alan Walls <Alan.Walls at trimble.co.nz>: 

> I thought I might, but didn't want to start a flame war.
>
> I completely agree that GPL is quite different to freeware and its
> openness is a huge asset.  The majority of the people here should
> understand that.  What we fail to remember is that we don't represent
> the majority of the population.
>
> If I ask my mother what the difference between GPL and freeware was I'm
> pretty sure the answer would be "What is GPL?"
>
> I believe this company is just using language that their audience
> understands.  Although, maybe I am being generous because this is a
> technical product.
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mythtvnz-bounces at lists.linuxnut.co.nz [mailto:mythtvnz-
>> bounces at lists.linuxnut.co.nz] On Behalf Of Hadley Rich
>> Sent: Monday, 15 June 2009 1:22 p.m.
>> To: MythTV in NZ
>> Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] freeware vs open source (was USB remote
>> receiver)
>>
>> On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 13:10 +1200, Alan Walls wrote:
>> > I agree freeware and GPL are different but only to developers (and
>> > lawyers) (Aren't you both :-) ).  For people who don't want anything
>> > to do with compilers they are both the same thing.  Saying "GPL"
>> would
>> > confuse rather than help these people.  The people who need to know
>> > the difference will do the research to find which is which.
>>
>> Woh there. freeware and the GPL are very different for everyone
> whether
>> they be a developer or not. Sure the end user just gets to "get stuff
>> without paying for it" in both cases but that's not the point.
>>
>> Just because the end user doesn't care about compiling it or looking
> at
>> the source doesn't mean that it doesn't benefit them that it's
>> available
>> with open source programs. Someone else out there has more than likely
>> gone through the source and found any malware parts, things that phone
>> home etc. The same can't be said for "freeware".
>>
>> hads
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>>
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