From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c89c821f7d51e0b6,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-25 18:19:54 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: OT: Meaning of the word "free" Rererences: X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 02:19:54 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.7.82.199 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com 1006741194 24.7.82.199 (Sun, 25 Nov 2001 18:19:54 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 18:19:54 PST Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16962 Date: 2001-11-26T02:19:54+00:00 List-Id: >whereas the FSF "free" is an abbreviation for "free of certain contractual >restrictions". Or perhaps it means "free" in the same sense as "The homeless are free of worry over mortgages or rent."