Re: Too Good to be True?

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From: Lieutenant 030
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1992 16:03

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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

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Subject: Re: Too Good to be True?
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