Re: Gnu diff and literature references

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From: Dale R. Worley
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 1990 06:59

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A number of people have pointed out to me that the CACM copyright
notice reads (in part):
      Permission is granted to copy wihtout fee all or part of 
      this material provided that the copies are not made or
      distributed for direct commercial advantage ...
and have stated that this makes CACM "free".  Well, it ain't so.  For
instance, I can't reprint CACM in bulk and sell the copies, which RMS
has stated several times is perfectly legal under GPL.  If you got
caught up in this confusion, ask yourself:  Are you against non-free
information, or are you just against people making a profit by
publishing information?  There is a *big* difference.

Actually, my first point was incorrect -- Somebody at the FSF
published the FSF's real policy on references in non-free literature
(they will use them when necessary), but I must have missed it in the
welter of "that is/is not censorship" messages that all had the title
"the official word on..." (or whatever).

Dale

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