Re: [Gzz] Overnet

[hemppah]

Quoting Tuomas Lukka <address@hidden>:

> On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 06:14:00PM +0200, address@hidden wrote:
> > Quoting Benja Fallenstein <address@hidden>:
> > 
> > > 
> > > Hi Hermanni,
> > > 
> > > when we talked on IRC, you said that Overnet is available as Free 
> > > Software. Googling that, I can find no statements to that effect (and 
> > > the download from the Overnet page is binary-only)... can you give 
> > > references?
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I actually meant that you can download it freely (Win & Linux) - without
> any
> > payments. I think there is no source code available for Overnet, because it
> was
> > created by MetaMachine (a company). So Overnet is free, but not free &
> open
> > software.
> > 
> > I'm sorry if I confused you somehow in IRC :).
> 
> hemppah: in that case, please use "at no cost". It is not *free* in the
> sense
> of libre, which we usually use, but in the sense of gratis. Ei vapaa, mutta
> ilmainen.
> 
>       Tuomas

Sorry for not being exact enough. Of course, there have to be some
misunderstanding issues when a person - especially person who is mainly used
windows software in recent years - comes to linux community and is talking "free
software" ;).

-Hermanni






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