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Article #1656Re: Fund raising at the FSF
From: Charles Hannum
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 14:16
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 14:16
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In article <C0K0qL.HH8@jshark.inet-uk.co.uk> joe@jshark.inet-uk.co.uk (Joe Sharkey) writes: > > In article <BASHFORD.93Jan7194947@zippy.scripps.edu> > bashford@scripps.edu (Don &) writes: >> >> But if, say, a good PC word processer were released with a GPL, I >> suspect it would do well. > > What would it give "users" that shareware/freeware wouldn't? Source, and the ability to get support from a third party. > Except for "problems" of course... Would you care to elaborate? What "problems"? > And they'd need a compiler... That doesn't follow. The GPL doesn't prevent someone from distributing binaries. Indeed, I have an entire system of GPL'd programs, none of which I compiled myself; it's called Linux SLS. -- \ / Charles Hannum, mycroft@ai.mit.edu /\ \ PGP public key available on request. MIME, AMS, NextMail accepted. Scheme White heterosexual atheist male (WHAM) pride!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!enterpoop.mit.edu!mintaka.lcs.mit.edu!ai-lab!hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu!mycroft From: mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Fund raising at the FSF Date: 9 Jan 1993 14:16:08 GMT Organization: /etc/organization Lines: 28 Message-ID: <1immn8INNgmm@life.ai.mit.edu> References: <FRIEDMAN.93Jan7055058@nutrimat.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <BASHFORD.93Jan7194947@zippy.scripps.edu> <C0K0qL.HH8@jshark.inet-uk.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu