commercial != non-free software

[Jenda Vancura]

On 8/9/06, Micah J. Cowan <micah at cowan.name> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 11:52:10AM +1000, David Symons wrote:
> > On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 17:23 -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > > While it may or may not be feasible to change the name of the
> > > repository at
> > > this time, I'd be interested to hear suggestions for meaningful,
> > > intuitive
> > > names which aren't defined as the opposite of something else.
> > >
> > > "proprietary" is the closest that comes to mind.
> >
> > Very difficult, particularly on the intuitive side.  Some ideas:
> >
> > - closed
> > - closedsource
>
> both of these would probably miff RMS a bit, since it subtly favors the
> use of the term "open-source" over "free software" or "software libre".
>
> > My choice (fwiw): encumbered
>
> ...which is why this was the first thing that popped into my head after
> seeing your "closed" list. Cool!
>

I'll second... err... third encumbered.
It's a word often used in connection with copyright restrictions and
patents.
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