Re: Free Software Users == dupes ?

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From: Ted Dunning
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 1990 17:12

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recent postings here have missed the real reason that the gnu license
is unenforceable:  the free software foundation does not have the
resources to enforce it.  if their pockets had the depth that apple's
do, then there might be some point to worrying about the technical
merits of the license.

on the other hand, the license has already succeeded in its true
intent of encouraging source distribution of software.  the reasons for
this success have not been the legal merits of the license, but rather
the goodwill of the programming populace.

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