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Some time ago, I read the GNU Manifesto.  I more recently tried to
download this file from prep, but did not find it.  Perhaps I needed to
try harder, or extract one of the packages in which it was contained.
In any case, I have some questions:

1)  Do the FSF and rms still subscribe to that theory?

2)  In particular, do they intend to pursue changes in the copyright
    laws to make all software free?

I think it is the leftist intentions expressed in the GNU Manifesto that
turn many people off of the GNU concept.  I think few can object to the
existance and application of the General Public License, especially if
its application is voluntary.

When we try to apply the GNU concepts to the rest of the industry, we
may experience a serious backlash.  Most programmers are protective of
their handiwork, and would object to an attempt to prevent them from
charging as much as the market will bear.

I personally support the LPF (as a member), and consider its goals to be
valid.  I do not think that software development should be socialized,
because that would restrict the freedom of developers to compete in the
market.  

Is the Manifesto a dead document?  -David-

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