[Nix-dev] Re: Separating free and non-free packages, again

Ludovic Courtès ludo at gnu.org
Tue Nov 24 15:58:04 CET 2009


Hi Pjotr,

Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12 at thebird.nl>
writes:

> There is also a group of non-free packages that is free for academic
> use. Would it make sense to have a third 'type'?

To be clear, this is about “free” as in freedom, not as in gratis
(http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html).  So presumably your
example would count as non-free.

Thanks,
Ludo’.




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