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Article #72994Re: Copyleft
From: Kee Hinckley
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1991 00:27
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1991 00:27
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In article <khtrn7INNa7k@early-bird.think.com> barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) writes: >This also relates to another posting, where I was responding to why there >aren't GPLed versions of specialized software. I said that no one had the >inclination to write it. In the current state of the industry, you need People have certainly had the inclination to write the software. >someone to start the chain reaction, by supplying the nucleus. There are >currently only a few people infected with both the talent and altruism >necessary to start the processes, so we're dependent on their choices of Altruism? Can you make a living writing end-user GPLed software or not? I don't believe it, and that statement makes it sound like you don't either. That would certainly explain why there isn't much in the end-user arena. -- Alfalfa Software, Inc. | Poste: The EMail for Unix nazgul@alfalfa.com | Send Anything... Anywhere 617/497-2922 | info@alfalfa.com 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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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,b96b391a5a05c5ec X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-11-13 06:06:43 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!ieee.org!europa.asd.contel.com!darwin.sura.net!gatech!ukma!tulane!samsung!think.com!rpi!uwm.edu!ogicse!das.harvard.edu!spdcc!tauxersvilli!alphalpha!nazgul From: nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Copyleft Message-ID: <1991Nov13.002716.23567@alphalpha.com> Date: 13 Nov 91 00:27:16 GMT References: <D87-MAL.91Nov8172504@bella.nada.kth.se> <Fqa0aB21w164w@mantis.co.uk> <khtrn7INNa7k@early-bird.think.com> Organization: none Lines: 23