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Article #1894Re: Actual case of hoarding public domain code?
From: Edward Vielmetti
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1989 19:17
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1989 19:17
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Macsyma. The queueing system (MQS? can't remember the acronym). Matlab. Not to say that the "evil software hoarders" that sell or distribute these fine software packages aren't selling useful things, or that each of these fits the bill exactly; but in each case there's a core of free stuff wrapped with a thicket of copyright. --Ed
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