Re: Is FSF software really free.

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From: Ozan Yigit
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 1991 15:46

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In article <1991Jan29.004102.18686@acc.stolaf.edu> Mike Haertel
<mike@stolaf.edu> writes:

>If you don't agree with our distribution policies, instead of complaining
>about it why don't you write some software of your own and distribute it
>under the policies that you would like to see?

Quite a few programmers are already doing just that, for projects like BSD
4.n. I conjecture that within the next couple of years, every scrap of GNU
software will have a quasi-pd equivalent.

oz
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