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So if your local pub gives away free beer one night, it's not really free
unless they continue to give it away forever?

I agree that it's not free in the "unfettered, unconstrained" meaning of
open source but  it is free in the normal no-charge meaning. 

It's only a hook if you try it and it's too good to give it up!






-----Original Message-----
From: Russell Shaw <rjshaw@netspace.net.au>
To: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com <AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wed Jun 16 09:49:57 2004
Subject: Re: [AVR-Chat] IAR free trial version

Cobb, Quentin wrote:
> I am t an Atmel seminar today an d just learned that IAR now has a free
eval
> version. 
> 
> IAR make the *the* high-end AVR C compiler (normally mucho $). The eval
> version is limited to 4kb but otherwise has no restrictions & no time
limit.
> 
> Gotta love free software

But that just aint free. It's a hook and sinker job;)
How about free as in speech?

There was this wonderful 3D mechanical CAD program (prodesktop express)
that i learnt and used while i was still on windows. It was free for years,
and was a reduced version (but still very good) of their paid-up version.
Last december, it became non-free (now $1k+). It is still a very good
program and worth it if mech-eng is your job (it's far better value
than protel). Luckily, last minute subscribers for the free version
got a 5 year licence;) It doesn't run on linux tho. I love writing
cad programs. I have ideas and a keyboard;)



 
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