Re: Too Good to be True?

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From: Floyd Davidson
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1992 06:54

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In article <a54ueB50w164w@mantis.co.uk> mathew@mantis.co.uk (Lieutenant 030) writes:
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>Why, then, if I write a program including some GNU code, does the FSF
>tell me what I'm allowed to do with *my* code, not just with *its* code?
>Fine, the FSF can choose how its software is distributed.  I want to choose
>how mine is distributed.

How you distribute your code is not being restricted.

You plainly state that included in the program is "GNU code",
which is restricted to certain types of distribution.  If you
don't want to distribute your program in a manner acceptable to
the FSF, don't include "GNU code" in the distribution.

They certainly will NOT be distributing your code, included in
their programs, in any manner that is not acceptable to you!

Why do you insist that you can choose not only how your code is
distributed, but also how code from the FSF is distributed?  And
have the brass b***s to keep claiming that is what they are doing
to you!

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

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