Re: On the multiple definitions of "free"

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From: Floyd Davidson
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 1992 03:20

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In article <PREECE.92Feb7123619@neptune.urbana.mcd.mot.com> preece@urbana.mcd.mot.com (Scott E. Preece) writes:

>No, it's more like this:  Someone gives you a free pickup truck on
>the condition that when you're done with it you give it away, and
>that if you ever install a camper in the bed, you have to give
>that away, too.

So?

Would you accept a truck on conditions you don't agree to?

(How about bridges, I'll give you one on condition that...)

-- 
   Floyd L. Davidson        floyd@ims.alaska.edu        Salcha, Alaska

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