Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 16th Jun 2005 08:54 UTC
The Mac platform was always considered a premium platform, hence much of its software is shareware or commercial. In the recent days more freeware applications have emerged, but the majority are small utilities and not full scale applications. Enter the world of GNU which can not only provide "free" applications as in beer, but most importantly, "Free", as in Freedom.
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I can assure you, I know the difference, stop being off topic please. The point of the aritcle is to "create easy-to-use packages for Free GPL apps, to bolster the freeware base". Yes, Free apps and free apps are NOT the same, but for the COMMON END USER, it will be (because in both cases he pays nothing), and for a platform, that's what matters ultimately. Yes, there is the possibility that someone will CHARGE for these packages of the Free GPL apps . But the *chances* are that he/she won't.