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Article #72475Re: Too Good to be True?
From: T. Kurt Bond
Date: Sun, 02 Feb 1992 16:33
Date: Sun, 02 Feb 1992 16:33
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In article <BTJBFB3w164w@mantis.co.uk>, mathew@mantis.co.uk (Lieutenant 030) writes: > sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) writes: >> The "Free" in "the Free Software Foundataion" stands for "Liberated," not >> "Freely-redistrubatable." Everyone involved with the FSF has been saying >> that for quite a while now (at least two years, probably more). > > In what sense is software encumbered by copyright messages and legal > obligations "liberated"? > > mathew In the sense that no-one can stop you from giving away copies and if you get a copy no-one can stop you from making improvements. -- T. Kurt Bond, tkb@mtnet2.wvnet.edu or os360051@wvnvms.wvnet.edu
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,e71af1b1f401c58d X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-02-02 14:28:59 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!morrow.stanford.edu!decwrl!gossip.pyramid.com!olivea!samsung!think.com!wupost!darwin.sura.net!gatech!purdue!haven.umd.edu!cs.wvu.wvnet.edu!wvnvms.wvnet.edu!os360051 From: os360051@wvnvms.wvnet.edu (T. Kurt Bond) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Too Good to be True? Message-ID: <1992Feb1.131409.2227@wvnvms.wvnet.edu> Date: 2 Feb 92 16:33:06 GMT References: <1992Jan28.112506.5185@kithrup.COM> <BTJBFB3w164w@mantis.co.uk> Organization: West Virginia Network for Educational Telecomputing Lines: 16