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From: Joe Wells
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 15:50

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In article <1992Aug11.103521.24421@cl.cam.ac.uk> ag129@cl.cam.ac.uk (Alasdair Grant) writes:

   friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Noah Friedman) writes:
   > ... The LPF is a separate organization from the GNU Project, with
   > different objectives.  Don't be confused about the two).

   So why did I get asked for my opinion about software patents when I 
   reported a bug in Bison to the official GNU project address as given
   in the documentation?

Because Len Tower, who handles mail sent to gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu (and lots
of other addresses that get forwarded to this one), is also a member of
the League for Programming Freedom.  There is some overlap between the
memberships of the GNU project (that is, the Free Software Foundation) and
the LPF, mainly because if the LPF loses its battles, the GNU project will
be seriously hurt.

-- 
Joe Wells <jbw@cs.bu.edu>
Member of the League for Programming Freedom --- send e-mail for details

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