Miss Representation, 1989

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From: Miles O'Neal
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1989 00:48

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In article <1962@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) writes:
|| In article <8322@stiatl.UUCP> meo@stiatl.UUCP (Miles O'Neal) writes:
|| 
|| > This whole discussion began around Richard Stallman's (apparent)
|| > belief that selling software is immoral, not around whether I should
|| > use GNU or what I should get from/give to GNU/anyone else. 
|
|  To start with, you are misrepresenting RMS' beliefs, which makes it
|easier to disagree. He is *not* against selling software. He does not
|prohibit it. You (yes you) can sell GNU software for any price you want.
|The catch is (a) you must provide or make available the source, and (b)
|you can't prohibit further redistribution.

Nope. I said that this was apparently how he felt, based on everything
I had read at the time, including quotes attributed to him in several
magazines and this group.

Now I'm not convinced ANYbody here knows what RMS REALLY thinks. SO,
I intend to ask him.

Film at 11.

-Miles O'Neal
{yr fave backbone here}!emory!stiatl!meo

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