Re: the Free Software definition

[Davi Leal]

John Darrington wrote:
> "criteria" is plural, so this should read  "Which criteria are applied".

Fixed.


> > For a program, follow the Free Software link to know the criterion.
>
> "criterion" however is singular, but there's more than one. So this
> should also read "criteria".

Fixed.



> Instead of saying "follow the Free Software link", why not paste
> the text into the answer?

It is very long. It is the Free Software definition
   http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

I have replaced
    "follow the Free Software link"
with
    "read the Free Software definition"


> Or, if the link is a reliable one, put a hyperlink in the answer.

Yes, the link is reliable.  I have added the link.

Additionally I have added the Java and .NET cases, so as to readers can know 
how such criteria work.


As usual I do not like my wording. Let me know about any mistake, improvement, 
etc.

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