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Article #63344Re: GPL - once more
From: Eric Prestemon
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 1995 16:28
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 1995 16:28
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In article <house.792130774@helios>, ron house <house@helios.usq.EDU.AU> wrote: >So you can't. So if I go to a soup kitchen for a free meal, and I >expect it to taste like a meal from an expensive restaurant, it won't. >But it's still free. "Free" means "no cost". Just because you and >the FSF have decided to change the meaning of a common word doesn't >mean anyone else has to go along with it. There is more than one meaning of "free". The phrase "free speech" has nothing to do with cost. "Nelson Mandela should be free!" doesn't mean he should be acquirable without paying for him. The FSF didn't "change" any words. -Eric
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,df448156456f4b88 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-02-07 08:31:52 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!swrinde!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newshost.marcam.com!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!paladin.american.edu!eric From: eric@american.edu (Eric Prestemon) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: GPL - once more Date: 7 Feb 1995 16:28:39 GMT Organization: The American University Lines: 14 Message-ID: <3h873n$6c3@paladin.american.edu> References: <JH.95Jan19213306@exc.IN-Berlin.DE> <3goak0$9uo@fohnix.metronet.com> <3grb33$lo6@news.CNRI.Reston.Va.US> <house.792130774@helios> NNTP-Posting-Host: dresden.american.edu