Add a footnote.

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Richard M. Stallman 2005-05-14 14:16:28 +00:00
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@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ operating systems onto the new hardware.
The sale of teaching, hand-holding and maintenance services could
also employ programmers.
People with new ideas could distribute programs as freeware, asking
People with new ideas could distribute programs as freeware(7), asking
for donations from satisfied users, or selling hand-holding services.
I have met people who are already working this way successfully.
@ -534,3 +534,10 @@ lead others to suppose that those laws form one coherent issue. The way to be
clear is to to discuss patents, copyrights, and trademarks separately.
See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.xhtml for more explanation
of how this term spreads confusion and bias.
(7) In 1985 I had not yet recognize it is important to distinguish
clearly between "free software" and "freeware". The term "freeware"
means you are free to redistribute the software--but not necessarily
free to study and change the source code. So it is not the same as
free software. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html
for more explanation.