[plug] browsers

Kai vk6ksj at siwa.com.au
Fri Mar 30 22:18:17 WST 2001


Sorry about that.
I read somewhere they had decided to give it away for free - meaning no
banner ads, but I dunno about open source...
Apologies for that.

Christian wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 11:19:12AM +0800, Kai wrote:
> > Opera announced not so long ago they're making Opera for Linux free.
> > I think it says on the website?
> 
> >From the web site:
>  Opera for Linux offers two options for keeping the browser. You can
> choose to download the free, ad-supported version with all features and
> functionality enabled, or purchase the browser at a charge of $39
> removing the ads, with various discounts applying.
> 
> So this is definitely not free in the sense of free software.  You don't
> get the source code, you don't get any rights and you DO get harrassed
> with their ads.  If the software ain't free then I'm not particularly
> interested in it.
> 
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