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Article #1365Re: Why do people want PD software?
From: Budi Rahardjo
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 12:48
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 12:48
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peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes: >davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen) writes: >>In article <367@global.hacktic.nl>, peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes: >>| That is of course nit-picking. Would you suggest GCC if someone asks for a PD >>| C compiler? Of course not! It's not a PD C compiler but a freeware. Sheesh! >> What's your point here? Your statement is correct, but I think you're >>trying to make it say something else other than what the word mean. GCC >>is not PD, if someone needs PD they can't use it. >Why would anyone need PD and not freeware? With PD, I can distribute the program and source as part of my own program without any problems. With freeware (most of the time) I still have to get the permission from the author to distribute his/her program & source code. (Unless stated that I can distribute it whatever I want). For example if I want to include a UUDECODE/ENCODE program as part of my own program then I would look for a PD implementation first since I can do whatever I want with the program/source code. -- budi -- Budi Rahardjo <rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Unix Support - Computer Services - University of Manitoba
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!math.fu-berlin.de!Sirius.dfn.de!darwin.sura.net!wupost!gumby!destroyer!ubc-cs!unixg.ubc.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!access.usask.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!rahardj From: rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo) Subject: Re: Why do people want PD software? Message-ID: <1992Aug30.124845.23411@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada References: <bws.14@ccs.carleton.ca> <9LywPB1w165w@cybrspc.UUCP> <367@global.hacktic.nl> <1992Aug28.145404.17987@crd.ge.com> <3449@global.hacktic.nl> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 12:48:45 GMT Lines: 24