Re: Too Good to be True?

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From: Michael I Bushnell
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1992 00:53

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In article <uZ4oeB12w164w@mantis.co.uk> mathew@mantis.co.uk (en font terrible) writes:

   OK, so why should I be so excited about the GNU project?  I'm
   willing to give away programs I have written for free.  Yet I'm not
   allowed to use GNU software if I'm going to do so.  That makes it
   no better than commercially licensed software from a free software
   point of view.

This is not so.  You can use GNU software all you want.  What you
cannot do is distribute GNU software in ways the FSF dislikes.  You
are free to use the software all you want.

	-mib

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From: mib@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell)
Subject: Re: Too Good to be True?
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