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Re: On the multiple definitions of "free"

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From: Lieutenant 030
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1992 16:06
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barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) writes:
> In article <63899@netnews.upenn.edu> yee@mipgsun.mipg.upenn.edu (Conway Yee) 
> >Thus, it appears as if Richard Stallman originally meant for 
> >"free" to mean BOTH definitions of "free".  Has the GNU 
> >definition of "free" been retconned?  Comments anyone?
> 
> I think he assumed that once a restriction-free Unix system became
> available, cost-free availability would naturally result.

But the GNU system is not going to be restriction-free.  It is going to
be plastered with copyrights and General Public Licenses.


mathew

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