[fpc-pascal] OT: Rename for Pascal
Marco van de Voort
marcov at stack.nl
Tue Aug 14 12:31:14 CEST 2007
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> 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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