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Fund raising at the FSF

#1614
From: Russell Nelson
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 04:03
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In article <2B4BC9F1.666E@tct.com> chip@tct.com writes:

   I propose that a software system can have either industry acceptance
   or GPL coverage, but not both.  I make one exception: software
   development tools.  After all, tools are by and large obtained at
   specific programmer request, and programmers love source code.

   Are there any counterexamples?

The Crynwr Packet Driver Collection.  Many commercial packages use them.

-russ <nelson@crynwr.com> What canst *thou* say?
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From: nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson)
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Fund raising at the FSF 
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Date: Fri, 08 Jan 93 04:03:01 GMT
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