Re: Too Good to be True?

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From: en font terrible
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1992 12:24

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nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) writes:
> But if you believe that all software should be free, then by all means stick
> to the GPL - it's definitely the way to go.

I dispute this.  If you think all software should be free, the best thing
to do is to encourage the creation of free software; not to encumber software
with restrictive copyrights and licenses like the GPL, preventing it from
being "free" in any conventional sense.

Am I the only one who thinks this?  Or should we start a Truly Free Software
Foundation?

mathew

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Subject: Re: Too Good to be True?
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