jfree?why call it free?but putchase the developer guide

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jfree?why call it free?but putchase the developer guide

Post by hitzhzh » Sat May 15, 2004 9:22 am

why call it free?but we must putchase the developer guide

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It's about liberty

Post by zany » Mon May 17, 2004 10:56 am

``Free software'' is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of ``free'' as in ``free speech,'' not as in ``free beer.'' see http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

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Post by garv » Mon May 17, 2004 11:14 am

Besides, you don't have to buy the developer guide. You're perfectly welcome to figure out everything on your own (there's quite a comprehensive set of demos included in the package to let you do just that).

JBoss and quite many other open-source systems handle the same model. Get the software for free, but pay for priority support if you need it.

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Re: jfree?why call it free?but putchase the developer guide

Post by david.gilbert » Mon May 17, 2004 2:02 pm

hitzhzh wrote:why call it free?but we must putchase the developer guide
It's all part of my evil plan for world domination.
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