Re: Free GNU Regex Compatible Regexp Library

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From: Russ Nelson
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 1992 02:39

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In article <2990@tronsbox.xei.com> tron1@tronsbox.xei.com (Kenneth Jamieson) writes:

   In article <NELSON.92Jan3232312@cheetah.clarkson.edu> nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) writes:
   >
   >The whole point behind all the legalistic jargon and rigamarole of the
   >Free Software Foundation is this: to let people modify and share the
   >programs they use.  I think that sometimes people who criticize the
   >FSF lose sight of that fact.

   	The purpose of the copyleft is to attempt to blackmail
   programmers into a particular political view.

   	If the goal was sharing, PD is fine.

What information does this add to the debate, other than to recast what
I said in a negative light?

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Subject: Re: Free GNU Regex Compatible Regexp Library
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