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Re: Restricting the flow of GNU sw

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From: Jim Reid
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 1990 10:12
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In article <PCG.90Aug13144340@athene.cs.aber.ac.uk> pcg@cs.aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi) writes:

... A whole lot of rubbish. He has chosen to ignore the
explanations that I and other have given about the way the UKUUG
and UKNET interact. Not only that (who pays attention to netnews
articles anyway?), he persists in maintaining his bizarre fantasy
that the UKUUG is somehow trying to (or indeed capable of or wanting
to) to restrict the distribution of GNU and other PD software.

Fact:
	The UKUUG does not directly sell or distribute GNU software.
	How can they restrict something you don't even get from them?

Fact:
	The "restrictions" clause in the UKUUG membership is to ensure
	that the benefits of membership - discounts, entrance to
	conferences and workshops, reciprocal deals with other UNIX
	groups, etc - are not passed to non members. If you can't
	accept that, either try to get the membership to change the
	rules or don't join the UKUUG.
	
   Most of the replies have been out of order; they have discussed the
   (IMNHO bizarre) rationales of this restriction, not the restriction
   itself, which remains.

Only in your fantasy world. Piercarlo.

What on earth do they put into the water in Aberystwyth?

		Jim
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Subject: Re: Restricting the flow of GNU sw
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