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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OS X users fail to grasp this concept
Maybe the idea behind this article was to warn software developers that OS X users will treat any software they don't have to pay for as freeware without spending a single thought on the legal stuff.
OS X comes preinstall -> freeware
shareware is free for download -> freeware
pirated commercial software is gratis -> freeware
free software is usually free for download -> freeware