[Info-vax] Editors, was: Re: VT keyboard replacement

[Craig A. Berry]

On 11/11/21 3:55 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Thursday, November 11, 2021 at 11:46:20 AM UTC+13, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 11/10/2021 5:09 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 10:47:56 PM UTC+13, hb wrote:
>>>> Emacs version 21.2 is available for VMS on VAX, Alpha and IA64. At least
>>>> one of the freeware CDs has the sources for this version.
>>>
>>> Just a note that Emacs is not freeware <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware>,
>>> it is Free software <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software>.
> <
>> Yes.
>>
>> But it is on a "freeware CD".
> 
> So what is Free software doing on a freeware CD?

The same reason almond milk is in the dairy section at the grocery store
-- it's the place where stuff like that has always been found since the
time when there was only one kind of stuff.  There has not been a new
freeware CD in quite a few years and no one calls open source freeware
anymore or releases software on CDs. But the old releases have some good
software under a variety of licenses, which were always carefully
included when available.  So stop trying to pick a fight with people who
were volunteering their time to help other people give away software
under whatever terms were considered appropriate at the time.