Re: On the multiple definitions of "free"

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From: Lieutenant 030
Date: Mon, 03 Feb 1992 16:58

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os360051@wvnvms.wvnet.edu (T. Kurt Bond) writes:
> In article <RwJBFB4w164w@mantis.co.uk>, 
> mathew@mantis.co.uk (Lieutenant 030) writes:
> > But the GNU system is not going to be restriction-free.  It is going to
> > be plastered with copyrights and General Public Licenses.
> 
> Ah, but it will be free of restriction from the point of view of the user: no
> one can stop the user from giving away copies, and if someone gets a copy no
> one can stop them from making modifications and improvements.

Those are not the only restrictions of importance to users.


mathew

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