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Article #74844Re: So what's the big problem with free software?
From: Michael S. Pereckas
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 1991 23:55
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 1991 23:55
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In <1991Feb1.220649.17726@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> berger@iboga (Mike Berger) writes: >gumby@Cygnus.COM (David Vinayak Wallace) writes: >>Yet somehow when it's software that's freely offered, some people have >>to object instead of either enjoying it in the spirit with which it is >>provided or else just passing it by. >*---- >I hate to be repetitive, but it is NOT "freely offered". It is software >offered WITH RESTRICTIONS that we are discussing. But the restrictions are VERY minor, in the opinion of many people. We can't imagine wanting to do something that the GPL doesn't allow, so we call the software ``free''. Strictly speaking, maybe it isn't free, but the distinction is irrelevant to us. The flame war gets started because of this difference in approach to the subject, IMHO. -- Michael Pereckas * InterNet: m-pereckas@uiuc.edu * just another student... (CI$: 72311,3246) Jargon Dept.: Decoupled Architecture---sounds like the aftermath of a tornado
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,2e01847cf7bcaea8 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-02-01 21:15:21 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!msp33327 From: msp33327@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Michael S. Pereckas) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: So what's the big problem with free software? Message-ID: <1991Feb1.235525.12249@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 1 Feb 91 23:55:25 GMT References: <GUMBY.91Jan31091900@Cygnus.COM> <1991Feb1.220649.17726@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: news@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 25