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Article #2071Re: Restricting the flow of GNU sw
From: Jim Reid
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 1990 10:12
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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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fec63,92e6b24b18981845 X-Google-Attributes: gidfec63,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,92e6b24b18981845 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-08-15 01:15:42 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!ukc!strath-cs!baird!jim From: jim@cs.strath.ac.uk (Jim Reid) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,eunet.general Subject: Re: Restricting the flow of GNU sw Message-ID: <JIM.90Aug14111235@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk> Date: 14 Aug 90 10:12:35 GMT References: <PCG.90Aug3150143@odin.cs.aber.ac.uk> <JIM.90Aug6133650@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk> <LOIC.90Aug7122708@adesign.uucp> <JIM.90Aug8125657@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk> <PCG.90Aug13144340@athene.cs.aber.ac.uk> Sender: jim@cs.strath.ac.uk Organization: Computer Science Dept., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, Scotland. Lines: 30 Posted: Tue Aug 14 11:12:35 1990 In-reply-to: pcg@cs.aber.ac.uk's message of 13 Aug 90 13:43:40 GMT