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Article #71981Re: How *developing* GNU Software has Helped Me
From: Greg Lindahl
Date: Tue, 19 May 1992 01:23
Date: Tue, 19 May 1992 01:23
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In article <78349@netnews.upenn.edu> yee@mipgsun.mipg.upenn.edu (Conway Yee) writes: >Other people have commented on his [ RMS's] ability to obtain jobs but nobody >(as far as my newsfeed goes) has commented on "free". He developed >both "free" software (i.e. the concept of copyleft) and free software >(i.e. emacs). Well, this whole thread started when someone asked "who has gotten *monetary* benefit from free software, other than Cygnus?" One common objection I hear to the GPL is that it's "socialistic" or "communistic". In reality, people use the GPL to pursue their own personal goals, be they money or fame or good karma or free booze or whatever.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,2d26c6d8e80c90a X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-05-18 12:36:16 PST Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!uvaarpa!murdoch!fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU!gl8f From: gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) Subject: Re: How *developing* GNU Software has Helped Me Message-ID: <1992May19.012317.5698@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Organization: Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia References: <78283@netnews.upenn.edu> <DAVIDM.92May18102621@consilium.com> <78349@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: Tue, 19 May 1992 01:23:17 GMT Lines: 13