Because you think I misrepresent RMS, it's OK to misrepresent me?

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From: Leonard H. Tower Jr.
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1989 12:09

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   Date: 14 Dec 89 19:10:50 GMT
   From: rodney@rpi.edu  (Rodney Peck II)
   Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Image Processing Lab, Troy NY

   >>>>> On 14 Dec 89 14:19:23 GMT, jay@splut.conmicro.com (Jay "you ignorant splut!" Maynard) said:

   Jay> Despite that, it is still covered by it. That means that
   Jay> anyone who use that package is, because of section 2b of the
   Jay> GPV, automatically forced to give _his source code_, not just
   Jay> the GNU getopt package, away, and prevented from restricting
   Jay> redistribution of that code. All without his knowledge.

   no, if you use the getopt package, you don't have to post your
   sources.  if you change getopt and redistribute it, then you do.
   --
   Rodney

Wrong.  If your program requires GNU source to be linked in, it's all
covered by the GPL.

thanx -len

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