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From: David S. Masterson
Date: Mon, 25 May 1992 20:30
Date: Mon, 25 May 1992 20:30
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>>>>> On 25 May 92 02:07:39 GMT, gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) >>>>> said: > In article <DAVIDM.92May24144212@consilium.com> davidm@consilium.com (David > S. Masterson) writes: >>This is where most companies have a problem with "free" software in that it >>can force a company to make its "new advance" generally available without >>getting all the benefits out of it that it could. > Or, keeping it to yourself can cause your new advance to go unnoticed, > because it's not enough of a reason for the competition's customers to > switch to you. Then what have you accomplished? Possibly. Of course believing that one could get a product noticed is the reason for going into business in the first place... -- ==================================================================== David Masterson Consilium, Inc. (415) 691-6311 640 Clyde Ct. uunet!cimshop!davidm Mtn. View, CA 94043 ====================================================================
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,2d26c6d8e80c90a X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-05-26 04:04:10 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cimshop!davidm From: davidm@consilium.com (David S. Masterson) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: GPL eliminates negotiation between producer and distributor. Message-ID: <DAVIDM.92May25133048@consilium.com> Date: 25 May 92 20:30:48 GMT References: <DAVIDM.92May22111121@consilium.com> <1992May22.195143.19190@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <DAVIDM.92May24144212@consilium.com> <1992May25.020739.4065@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Sender: root@cimshop.UUCP Organization: Consilium Inc., Mountain View, California Lines: 22 In-reply-to: gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU's message of 25 May 92 02:07:39 GMT X-Posting-Software: GNUS 3.13 [ NNTP-based News Reader for GNU Emacs ]