Re: Too Good to be True?

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From: Noah Friedman
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1992 22:23

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In article <ZsHyeB7w164w@mantis.co.uk> mathew@mantis.co.uk (Lieutenant 030) writes:
>Why do the FSF tell me how I can distribute my code?  Why can't they just
>tell me how to distribute their code?  After all, I'm not trying to tell
>them how they can distribute their code, am I?  So why are they doing that
>to me?

   Because the FSF wants you to adopt their philosophy about the
distribution of software.  Plain and simple.

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