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Re: Copyleft & royalties for authors

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From: Russ Nelson
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1991 04:39
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In article <PREECE.91Nov9020722@neptune.urbana.mcd.mot.com> preece@urbana.mcd.mot.com (Scott E. Preece) writes:

   but much of the discussion claiming that software is significantly
   different from other areas of invention is not very convincing.

Try this: Software is the only means of production for which the
incremental cost of production is nearly free.

--
--russ <nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu> I'm proud to be a humble Quaker.
Peace is not the absence of war.  Peace is the presence of a system for
resolving conflicts before war becomes necessary.  War never creates peace.
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From: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson)
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Subject: Re: Copyleft & royalties for authors
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