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proprietary gnusers -- yuk

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From: David Vinayak Wallace
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 1991 05:24
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GNU has already "gone commercial" (as you put it) without selling out,
in that several major vendors depend on and ship its software.

How would what you suggest encourage the writing of further free
software?
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Subject: proprietary gnusers -- yuk
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