Re: GNU view of TeX Users Group (TUG): "information hoarders"?

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From: John Woods
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1991 10:41

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IMVHO: The reason why TeX should have been copylefted is that it would
have prevented the makers of a certain proporietary word-processor
ripping off a huge bit of it to produce their wonderful equation
facility.  How many more times do I have to hear people say of TeX,
"Oh, that's just like the way you do equations in ****" ?


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Subject: Re: GNU view of TeX Users Group (TUG): "information hoarders"?
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