Re: What does "free" mean, eh? (Re: Scareware)

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From: Peter da Silva
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 1990 16:15

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> If I can include your programs in mine then all I need to do to "steal" them
> is to wrap them in a few lines of my own code.  It doesn't sound like your
> programs are protected from "theft" at all.

You can't steal something I'm giving away. As for whether you can hide them
in your code so I can't look at your program and say "hey, he's using my file
requestor in his program"... you can do as much with GNU code, or AT&T Trade
Secret code for that matter. I can't claim any magic ability to spot violations
any more than anyone else can.
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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: What does "free" mean, eh? (Re: Scareware)
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Date: 10 Mar 90 16:15:30 GMT
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