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Article #75715Re: Free Software Users == dupes ?
From: Joe Buck
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 1990 23:04
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 1990 23:04
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In article <TED.90Apr29111245@kythera.nmsu.edu> ted@nmsu.edu (Ted Dunning) writes:
>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.
But this is what was intended in the first place, and I would prefer
that FSF concentrate on this (and they are really doing it anyway):
compete on the basis of features and price (where price = $0.00).
But without the license, vendors could take all of GNU, add a few
useful features, charge big bucks for the lot, and give nothing back.
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Joe Buck
jbuck@ohm.berkeley.edu {uunet,ucbvax}!ohm.berkeley.edu!jbuck
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,1a1f932bc12166f3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-04-30 03:13:47 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!fauern!ira.uka.de!snorkelwacker!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!galileo.berkeley.edu!jbuck From: jbuck@galileo.berkeley.edu (Joe Buck) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Free Software Users == dupes ? Message-ID: <35895@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 29 Apr 90 23:04:37 GMT References: <2852@rex.cs.tulane.edu> <970016@gore.com> <PCG.90Apr25205938@rupert.cs.aber.ac.uk> <976:Apr2909:03:3890@stealth.acf.nyu.edu> <GUMBY.90Apr29041714@Cygnus.COM> <TED.90Apr29111245@kythera.nmsu.edu> Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: jbuck@galileo.berkeley.edu.UUCP (Joe Buck) Distribution: gnu Organization: U.C. Berkeley -- ERL Lines: 16 Posted: Mon Apr 30 00:04:37 1990