<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 15, 2007 8:41 AM, Luke -Jr <<a href="mailto:luke@dashjr.org">luke@dashjr.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Your quote is using a flawed/incorrect definition of "free": it is not,<br>according to some dictionaries (and all, some years ago) a shortcut for "free<br>of charge" or (in this case) "free from reimbursement".
</blockquote></div><br>Part of why people felt the need to come up with the "Open Source" name is the wide variety of definitions of "free". Let's look at just the adjective definitions at <a href="http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/free">
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/free</a><br>We have <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">Speech (Libre)</span>, <span style="background-color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Beer (Gratis)</span>, and a bunch of other ideas here:
<br><br><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote"><div class="defs"><span class="sense_break"><span class="sense_label start">1 a</span>
<span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> having the legal and political rights of a citizen</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);" class="sense_label">
b</span><span class="sense_content"><strong style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">:</strong><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"> enjoying civil and political liberty </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);" class="vi">
<<em>free</em> citizens></span></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"> </span><span class="sense_label">c</span><span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> enjoying political independence or freedom from outside domination
</span> <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);" class="sense_label">d</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);" class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> enjoying personal freedom <strong>:</strong>
not subject to the control or domination of another</span><span class="sense_break"><span class="sense_label start"><br>2 a</span><span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> not determined by anything beyond its own nature or being
<strong>:</strong> choosing or capable of choosing for itself</span> <span class="sense_label">b</span><span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> determined by the choice of the actor or performer <span class="vi"><
<em>free</em> actions></span></span> <span class="sense_label">c</span><span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> made, done, or given voluntarily or spontaneously</span><span class="sense_break"><span class="sense_label start">
<br>3 a</span><span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> relieved from or lacking something and especially something unpleasant or burdensome <span class="vi"><<em>free</em> from pain></span> <span class="vi"><a speech
<em>free</em> of political rhetoric></span> —often used in combination <span class="vi"><error<em>-free</em>></span></span> <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);" class="sense_label">b</span><span class="sense_content">
<strong style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">:</strong><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"> not bound, confined, or detained by force</span></span><span class="sense_break"><span class="sense_label start">
<br>4 a</span><span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> having no trade restrictions</span> <span class="sense_label">b</span><span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> not subject to government regulation</span>
<span class="sense_label">c</span><em>of foreign exchange</em> <span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> not subject to restriction or official control</span><span class="sense_break"><span class="sense_label start">
<br>5 a</span><span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> having no obligations (as to work) or commitments <span class="vi"><I'll be <em>free</em> this evening></span></span> <span class="sense_label">b</span>
<span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> not taken up with commitments or obligations <span class="vi"><a <em>free</em> evening><br></span></span><span class="sense_break"><span class="sense_label start">6</span>
<span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> having a scope not restricted by qualification <span class="vi"><a <em>free</em> variable></span></span><span class="sense_break"><span class="sense_label start"><br>7
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">a</span></span><span class="sense_content"><strong style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">:</strong><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"> not obstructed, restricted, or impeded
</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);" class="vi"><<em>free</em> to leave></span></span> <span class="sense_label">b</span><span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> not being used or occupied
<span class="vi"><waved with his <em>free</em> hand></span></span> <span class="sense_label">c</span><span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> not hampered or restricted in its normal operation<br></span><span class="sense_break">
<span class="sense_label start">8 a</span><span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> not fastened <span class="vi"><the <em>free</em> end of the rope></span></span> <span class="sense_label">b</span><span class="sense_content">
<strong>:</strong> not confined to a particular position or place <span class="vi"><in twelve-tone music, no note is wholly <em>free</em> for it must hold its place in the series — J. L. Stewart></span></span> <span class="sense_label">
c</span><span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> capable of moving or turning in any direction <span class="vi"><a <em>free</em> particle></span></span> <span class="sense_label">d</span><span class="sense_content">
<strong>:</strong> performed without apparatus <span class="vi"><<em>free</em> tumbling></span></span> <span class="sense_label">e</span><span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> done with artificial aids (as pitons) used only for protection against falling and not for support
<span class="vi"><a <em>free</em> climb><br></span></span><span class="sense_break"><span class="sense_label start">9 a</span><span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> not parsimonious <span class="vi"><<em>
free</em> spending></span></span> <span class="sense_label">b</span><span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> <a href="http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/outspoken" class="lookup">outspoken</a></span> <span class="sense_label">
c</span><span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> availing oneself of something without stint</span> <span class="sense_label">d</span><span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> <a href="http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/frank" class="lookup">
frank</a>, <a href="http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/open" class="lookup">open</a></span> <span class="sense_label">e</span><span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> overly familiar or forward in action or attitude</span>
<span class="sense_label">f</span><span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> <a href="http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/licentious" class="lookup">licentious</a></span><span class="sense_break"><span class="sense_label start">
<br><span style="background-color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">10</span></span><span style="background-color: rgb(51, 255, 51);" class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> not costing or charging anything</span><span class="sense_break">
<span class="sense_label"><br>11 a </span><span><span class="sense_label subsense">(1)</span></span><span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> not united with, attached to, combined with, or mixed with something else
<strong>:</strong> <a href="http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/separate" class="lookup">separate</a> <span class="vi"><<em>free</em> ores></span> <span class="vi"><a <em>free</em> surface of a bodily part></span></span>
<span><span class="sense_label subsense">(2)</span></span><span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> <a href="http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/freestanding" class="lookup">freestanding</a> <span class="vi"><a <em>free
</em> column></span></span> <span class="sense_label">b</span><span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> chemically uncombined <span class="vi"><<em>free</em> oxygen></span> <span class="vi"><<em>free</em>
acids></span></span> <span class="sense_label">c</span><span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> not permanently attached but able to move about <span class="vi"><a <em>free</em> electron in a metal></span>
</span> <span class="sense_label">d</span><span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> capable of being used alone as a meaningful linguistic form <span class="vi"><the word <em>hats</em> is a <em>free</em> form></span>
— compare <span class="dxt"><a href="http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/%7Bh,5%7Dbound">{h,5}bound </a></span> <span class="dxn">7</span></span><span class="sense_break"><span class="sense_label start"><br>12 a</span><span class="sense_content">
<strong>:</strong> not literal or exact <span class="vi"><<em>free</em> translation></span></span> <span class="sense_label">b</span><span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> not restricted by or conforming to conventional forms
<span class="vi"><<em>free</em> skating></span></span><span class="sense_break"><span class="sense_label start"><br>13</span><span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> <a href="http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/favorable" class="lookup">
favorable</a> —used of a wind blowing from a direction more than six points from dead ahead</span><span class="sense_break"><span class="sense_label start"><br><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);">14</span></span>
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);" class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> not allowing slavery</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 51);" class="sense_break"><span class="sense_label start">
<br>15</span><span class="sense_content"><strong>:</strong> open to all comers</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></blockquote><br>