Re: Please don't recommend proprietary software on this list.

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From: Colin Rafferty
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1991 19:48

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In article <9104122207.AA14622@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu> rms@GNU.AI.MIT.EDU (Richard Stallman) writes:
> The purpose of the GNU project is to promote the freedom to share
> software.
> 
> If people refrain from asking for information about proprietary
> programs, that will avoid leading other people into unthinkingly
> posting any.

Since my posting was the one that started this discussion, let me
apologize right now for asking information on this group.  When I
posted my question, I forgot about the fact that gnu.* should only be
about free software and not proprietary.

Whether or not I agree with the GNU manifesto has nothing to do with
the appropriateness of my posting.  The group has its stated purpose
(and stated non-purpose), and I was wrong in posting.

When I summarize, I will only mention free software in this group.

-- 
Colin Owen Rafferty              |      I believe in compulsory cannibalism.
colin@nbc1.ge.com                |      If people were forced to eat 
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Subject: Re: Please don't recommend proprietary software on this list.
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