Re: Question About General Public License

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From: Eli Brandt
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 1991 03:41

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In article <AL.91Aug6182051@morgana.uucp> al@morgana.uucp (Al Petrofsky) writes:
[ much ]
>Also, "gnu" is used to describe a suite of programs, and is
>therefore more on a par with, say, "BSD" than "cat", or other
>individual program names.

Amusing side note: There's a company out there calling itself "Berkeley
Software Development".  Guess what they pick as an acronym...

>Al Petrofsky
>sono!al@sun.com (through August 9)
>alpetrof@ocf.berkeley.edu

   Eli @gang.umass.edu
   Brandt

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Subject: Re: Question About General Public License
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