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Re: November LPF Programming Freedom issue

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From: Tim Smith
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 09:36
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friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Noah Friedman) writes:
>   If the LPF urged a boycott on every company which had software patents
>or interface copyrights, we would have far less support because it would
>mean boycotting such a substantial fraction of the software industry.

Not only would LPF lose support, LPF would need a new place to post
from!  MIT holds software patents, doesn't it?  (More than Apple, I
believe).

--Tim Smith
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From: tzs@carson.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith)
Subject: Re: November LPF Programming Freedom issue
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