Re^2: Why do people want PD software?

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From: Peter Busser
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 00:01

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rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo) writes:

>peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:

>>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.

You didn't read, I was explicitly talking about GNU software and software with
a GNU-ish copyleft, i.e. freeware. You don't need any permission to distribute
GNU(-ish) software either in source or binary form. The only requirement is
that you provide the changed sources to anyone who wants them at a nominal
cost.

Greetings,
Peter Busser

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From: peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser)
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Subject: Re^2: Why do people want PD software?
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