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Article #74106Re: why the library license
From: Sean Eric Fagan
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1991 17:58
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1991 17:58
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In article <9106292205.AA19330@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu> rms@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Richard Stallman) writes: >Or, less blatantly unreasonable, they say our >work is not "really free"--because it requires them to respect >freedoms of others which they would rather be free to deny. (You >might as well say that a society is not "really free" unless people >are free to own slaves.) Of course, the software these people write >isn't "really free" or free at all, but somehow the same standard >doesn't apply to them. Of course, we should ignore, in this discussion, those people who write truly free code (Public Domain) yet refuse to use GNU code because they do not want *their* code being inflicted with a liscense they consider morally repugnant. After all, bringing up those people into the discussion would harm your point. -- Sean Eric Fagan | "What *does* that 33 do? I have no idea." sef@kithrup.COM | -- Chris Torek -----------------+ (torek@ee.lbl.gov) Any opinions expressed are my own, and generally unpopular with others.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,f8ba9bb4a8fd2d37 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-07-01 00:10:34 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!kithrup!sef From: sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: why the library license Message-ID: <1991Jun30.175816.12167@kithrup.COM> Date: 30 Jun 91 17:58:16 GMT References: <9106292205.AA19330@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu> Organization: Kithrup Enterprises, Ltd. Lines: 20