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Article #75495bibliographies are for books
From: Lawrence Butcher
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 1990 09:29
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 1990 09:29
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We live in interesting times. My opinion on the practice of not referencing books in GNU documentation: Copyrights were designed to give the creator of a literary or artistic work the ability to benefit from the creative effort FOR A LIMITED TIME. At the end of the limited time, the creative work belongs to the public. The claim that books represent hoarded information is simply not correct. Stallman is motivated by impatience, not principle. I think that he should name his references. GNU should have separate bibliographies for free and non-free information. More opinions come...
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