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pejorative

[pi-jawr-uh-tiv, -jor-] / pɪˈdʒɔr ə tɪv, -ˈdʒɒr- /


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Pejorative term for an internet service provider that permits or even encourages spam mailings from its systems.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.

Pejorative term for the hundreds of megabytes of low-quality freeware circulated by user's groups and BBS systems in the micro-hobbyist world.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.

Pejorative term employed by members and adherents of the GNU project to describe the act of holding software proprietary, keeping it under trade secret or license terms which prohibit free redistribution and modification.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.




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