Re: Fund raising at the FSF

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From: Greg Earle - Gainfully Unemploye...
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1993 10:48

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In article <1993Jan2.122330.18937@husc3.harvard.edu> zeleny@husc9.harvard.edu (Michael Zeleny) writes:
... [ blah blah ]
>Semantic drift happens all the time, and it would be foolish for
>anyone to attempt to countervail its natural forces.  However, I see
>nothing wrong with objecting to a certain form of semantic reform,
>which is being promulgated on hypocritically self-serving grounds of
>protecting "my" rights.  I happen to have a vested interest in the
>current meaning of the adjective "free"; if you happen to feel
>otherwise, that is entirely your prerogative, and your problem.

Pardon me, but isn't "I am not free to make free software not free!" a
tautology, or something like that?

Give it up, already.  Let's call it the "Freely Available Software Foundation"
and get back to work ...

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Subject: Re: Fund raising at the FSF
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