Re: why the library license

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From: Amanda Walker
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 1991 20:40

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In article <07yL58w164w@mantis.co.uk> mathew@mantis.co.uk (Industrial
Poet) writes:

   Said people are targeted not because they harm the FSF in any way,
   but because the FSF believes itself to be on some sort of moral
   crusade to force people to make sources available and programs free.

That's been my impression all along, and in _The_GNU_Manifesto_, RMS
says as much, although slightly more wordily.

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Amanda Walker						      amanda@visix.com
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