Subscription/Service Fees - OSD Intent

[phil hunt]

On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, David Johnson wrote:

> On Thursday March 29 2001 03:25 am, Eric Jacobs wrote:
> 
> > It is this sort of illogical argument that will prevent this issue from
> > ever coming to rest. Let me offer an analogy.
> 
> I did manage to pass logic in college. However, I don't always do so well in 
> English. Let me restate what I meant:
> 
> Software that requires a registration fee is possible, and exists. Such 
> software cannot be considered Open Source, however.

What about software that require registration (e.g. by email), but not
a registration *fee*? Can that be Open Source?
 
-- 
***** Phil Hunt ***** 
"An unforseen issue has arisen with your computer. Don't worry your silly 
little head about what has gone wrong; here's a pretty animation of a 
paperclip to look at instead."
         -- Windows2007 error message