incorrect statement on www page

From: Jonathan Gray (jsg_at_goblin.cx)
Date: 04/28/05

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    Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 01:48:59 +1000
To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org

    I came across the following incorrect statement when
    browsing http://www.freebsd.org

    "FreeBSD is available free of charge and comes with full source code"

    Sadly I do not think this has been true for some time.

    Perhaps this might be more appropriate wording:

    --- index.xsl.old Fri Apr 29 01:19:15 2005
    +++ index.xsl Fri Apr 29 01:21:22 2005
    @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
                   <p>While you might expect an operating system with these
                     features to sell for a high price, FreeBSD is available
                     <a href="{$base}/copyright/index.html">free of charge</a>
    - and comes with full source code. If you would like to
    + and comes with partial source code. If you would like to
                     purchase or download a copy to try out,
                     <a href="{$base}/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors.html">more
                       information is available</a>.</p>
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