Re: Fund raising at the FSF

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From: Michael Zeleny
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1993 16:49

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In article <haley.726062496@husc.harvard.edu> 
haley@husc11.harvard.edu (Elizabeth Haley) writes:

EH:
>[The GPL] only legally prevents people from profitting from it.

No, it does not.  Don't just hum along, -- read the lyrics.

EH:
>It boils down to this: The Software is "Free" like humans are "free";
>No one may bind it and lock it down, hidden behind closed doors and
>encrypted systems, held back by corporate greed.

There you go with the sophistical bit.  Humans are free as agents.
There is no parallel between that freedom and any property of GNU.

cordially,
mikhail zeleny@husc.harvard.edu
"Le cul des femmes est monotone comme l'esprit des hommes."

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From: zeleny@husc10.harvard.edu (Michael Zeleny)
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Subject: Re: Fund raising at the FSF
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