Erik Max Francis max at alcyone.com
Wed Oct 31 19:40:22 EST 2001

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Paul Winkler wrote:

> But this was before my time. Can anyone who was hacking in the 70s/80s
> comment on the evolution of these terms? When did "freeware" come to
> mean "free beer, no source"?

In the eighties, _freeware_ was a very common term which simply meant
that the software was freely available for (sometimes non-commercial
only) use.  Whether source code was available for free, available for a
fee, or not available at all was a totally separate question.

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