[fpc-pascal] OT: Rename for Pascal

Marco van de Voort marcov at stack.nl
Tue Aug 14 12:31:14 CEST 2007


> 
> The point is that the compiler is not "free", it is encumbered by a 
> license.  People are gaining the idea that Open Source generally equates 
> with "free" (as in no-expense).  However, in American English, the word 
> "free" generally means "something of so little value that you can afford 
> to give it away".  Perhaps in German it has a different connotation, or 
> in British English...

You mean like "industry standard" means cheaply produced, "commercial" means
"expensive" and "enterprise" rougly equates robbery ?



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