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From: "Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>
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Subject: Re: Ada & .Net (Rotor)
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That's a little definitional & may come under various legal considerations.
If you develop something under a government grant (such as SBA or various
military things) they will have lots of requirements you need to meet and
giving something away at no cost may not be in that list. So there may be a
clash between "free" and "product" depending on the context.

MDC
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Marin David Condic
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Enabling the digital revolution
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"Georg Bauhaus" <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> wrote in message
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>
> If you allow me to be picky, being a product may mean having
> been produced. GNAT not a product? Ha! CLAW not a product because
> there is a no-cost version? I think StarOffice, OS/360, .NET
> framework, free beer, ... all qualify as products perfectly well.
> GNU/Linux is a product with full support available.
>