- From: Atanas Kiryakov <naso@sirma.bg>
- Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:44:59 +0200
- To: Damian Steer <pldms@mac.com>
- CC: Mark Wallace <mwallace@modusoperandi.com>, semantic-web@w3.org
Damian thank you for the note - indeed I was imprecise. SwiftOWLIM is freeware, [3], as substantial parts of it are open source and the licence does not allow modifications. Best regards Naso [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware On 2/25/2011 3:36 PM, Damian Steer wrote: > On 25/02/11 13:23, Mark Wallace wrote: >> The license agreement link seems to say that SwiftTREE is free to use >> and re-distribute as part of SwiftOWLIM: >> >> "SwiftTRREE is licensed for use free of charge as an integral part >> of SwiftOWLIM. Re-distribution of SwiftTRREE in any form, except as >> part of the original SwiftOWLIM distribution package, is strictly f >> forbidden. " >> >> I understand this to mean that you can even provide SwiftOWLIM as part >> of a distribution to a customer. >> >> Mark Wallace > > Yes, but when Markus used the term "free software" I took him to mean > [1] and not the "free beer" [2] sense. > > If SwiftOWLIM requires SwiftTRREE it wouldn't be free. Err, free [1] :-) > > Apologies to Markus if I misunderstood his initial request. > > Damian > > [1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software> > [2] > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_Libre#.22Free_beer.22_vs_.22free_speech.22_distinction> > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3467 - Release Date: 02/25/11 > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Atanas Kiryakov Executive Director Ontotext AD, http://www.ontotext.com Phone: (+359 2) 974 61 44; Fax: 975 3226 ----------------------------------------------------------
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