Re: Too Good to be True?

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From: Kee Hinckley
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1992 23:31

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In article <1992Jan10.182824.15726@sunb10.cs.uiuc.edu> epstein@cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>Ahhh, I see now -- you want free access to whatever code you
>want/need, but you also want to be able to restrict access to code you
>write.  Sounds a little bit hypocritical to me.
Why can't you do both?  I write commercial software for a living.  I
take major portions of that code and post them or give them to people
for their use where I think it would be helpful.  I don't see any
conflict.

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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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