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In article <1993Jan25.145544.63165@cc.usu.edu> sl1yn@millville.declab.usu.edu (869483 Denys Larry) writes:
>  I have a question for all you GNU/socialists/commmunists out there.
>If the GNU idea is so great, why don't we apply it to other parts of the
>economy?  Like, say, woodworking.  Think about it.  You're a cabinet
>maker; you love to work with your hands and create works of art and use
>out of wood.  Why should you do such a thing for as filthy a reason as
>money.  Surely, you should just give away your work for free.

Ah, another person who completely misunderstands the GNU philosophy.  GNU
is not about "giving away your work for free".  In fact, RMS very much
believes in charging for your *services*.  But he also believes that when
you purchase software you should get the whole thing and the right to do
whatever you want with it.

When you buy a cabinet, the woodworker doesn't get to tell you where you
can install it or whether you can resell it.  And if you decide to make a
second cabinet yourself, he doesn't sue you if it looks like his cabinet.
When you buy a cabinet, the price covers the material costs and the cabinet
maker's labor.  And for this you get the cabinet, not a "license to use"
the cabinet.
-- 
Barry Margolin
System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.

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