22 Jun
2004
22 Jun
'04
10:58 p.m.
Mahesh T. Pai wrote:
suggest that you spread the byline in the sig below. I
wrote
specifically after seeing the news.
-- Mahesh T. Pai <<>> http://paivakil.port5.com
Distributing free copies of non-free software is like ....
They are not free copies and therefore, let us not call them as free copies.
It is better to say "Distributing complimentary copies of non-free ..."
The OED defines "complimentary" as "given free of charge".
Using complimentary items as bait and lure are common tricks, practised
by drug peddlers and other crooks to trap and hook innocent and
foolhardy people. Warning the public in a plain and direct way is a
duty for public minded people, and an _obligation_ for concerned
government officials while discharging their public duties. Now,
disgrace and downfall is unavoidable for the hands dangling bait.