Re: [pcre-dev] website misnomer

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Author: Andrew Ho
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To: PCRE Developers
Subject: Re: [pcre-dev] website misnomer
Hello,

DG>read the front page of http://www.pcre.org/ and I noticed this in the
DG>first paragraph:
DG>
DG>    "The PCRE library is free, even for building commercial software."

DG>
DG>I'd like to point out that this is a misnomer. It implies that other
DG>kind of free software is for non-commercial use only. Both BSD-derived
DG>and copyleft (GPL-like) are available for commercial purposes. As such,
DG>I suggest that the line be changed to read:
DG>
DG>    "The PCRE library is free, even for building proprietary software."


PH>I have forwarded your message to webmaster@???, in case he doesn't
PH>notice it here.

I noticed it, and, while I didn't personally find the original statement
confusing, I agree "proprietary" is more precise than "commercial," and
have made the change as David suggested. Thanks for the feedback!

Humbly,

Andrew

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