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

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From: Allen Brown
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1991 16:45

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Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM writes:

>As the GNU project uses TeX in its several TeXinfo-written manuals
>(e.g., the GNU Emacs Manual), I am curious how a GNU Project/Free
>Software Foundation viewpoint would see the TeX Users Group (TUG).  I
>know TUG does important work in charting the future path of TeX, etc.
>On the other hand one must pay a membership fee in order to access,
>say, their TUGBoat publication.  One couldn't just FTP it and print it
>out.  Would TUG be seen as "information hoarders"?

I think you may be missing the point.  The FSF does not object to
charging money or even (shudder) making money.  What they object to is
preventing the customer from having the source code.  TUG provides
sources.  There is no conflict.
--
  Allen Brown  abrown@cv.hp.com or abrown%hpcvca@hplabs.hp.com
	    or hplabs!hpcvca!abrown or "Hey you!"
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  "'Moderation in all things' is for wimps."
  Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil
  conscience of their parents. ---H.L.Mencken

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From: abrown@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM (Allen Brown)
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Subject: Re: GNU view of TeX Users Group (TUG): "information hoarders"?
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