Re: Fund raising at the FSF

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From: Jurgen Botz
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1993 21:54

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In article <1993Jan3.054314.18948@husc3.harvard.edu> zeleny@husc10.harvard.edu (Michael Zeleny) writes:
>Here our intuitions diverge.  If your argument is correct, I see the
>price differential as a way of offering a $300 reward for lying.

They do not have to "lie".  An employee can purchase the disk at
individual prices, and since the GNU license allows her to redistribute
the software she can then install it on company computers.  Since there
is no "acceptance of distribution" (or "recipient") license, no "lying"
is involved.

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Jurgen Botz, jbotz@mtholyoke.edu
Northampton, MA, USA

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