On Fri, 2006-07-21 at 14:35 +0200, Jeroen Dekkers wrote:
If something is made available royalty-free, everybody is free to use it.
Or that everyone is able to use it for free.
My previous example of a licence was available to all: the discrimination comes on the part of the developer willing or not to accept its terms. It's still available royalty-free to all, though.
While you might not accept the definition, it's well-accepted in general that "royalty free" doesn't imply any other non-financial meanings.
Cheers,
Alex.