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Article #72682Re: An attempt (probably in vain)
From: Kee Hinckley
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1992 17:58
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1992 17:58
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In article <MIB.92Jan14193341@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu> mib@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell) writes: >which is well served by their respective licenses. The problem is >that when I buy a software prodect (say, Ultrix) I have no way of >knowing that much (most?) of what I get can also be obtained from UCB >at little or no cost. DEC will offer to sell me a source tape, but That can easily be remedied by one line in the copyright notice. However in general I'd like to thank you for posting a very clear and concise description of the goals and features of each approach. Hopefully this will make it more clear to those people who are currently using GPL, but *don't* agree with the FSF goals for a new world order, that they ought to be exploring other copyright options. -- Alfalfa Software, Inc. | Poste: The EMail for Unix nazgul@alfalfa.com | Send Anything... Anywhere 617/497-2922 | info@alfalfa.com I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate everyone else's.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,e7ab4faaac0aba9b X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-01-18 07:22:35 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sequent!talon!news.cs.indiana.edu!mips!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!spdcc!tauxersvilli!alphalpha!nazgul From: nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: An attempt (probably in vain) Message-ID: <1992Jan16.175823.9482@alphalpha.com> Date: 16 Jan 92 17:58:23 GMT References: <MIB.92Jan14193341@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu> Organization: none Lines: 21