Re: Society's access to source code (was Re: KDE v. Gnome)

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From: Mr S A Penny
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 00:00

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In article <6vdjev$748$1@jupiter.mcs.net>,
	les@MCS.COM (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
>In article <87u31iqan7.fsf@ivm.de>,
>Klaus Schilling  <Klaus.Schilling@home.ivm.de> wrote:
>>
>>This is an evil, proprietaristic approach. It has no place on a GNU/Linux 
>>system.
>>The user must be free to modify the programs always and everywhere, be there
>>a bug or not.
>
>And there should be no welded joints on cars because the users should be
>free to re-arrange the parts whether it's an improvement or not...

it's not illegal to un-weld those joints (although I doubt you'd get any
car-manufacturer to warantee your car after you've cut it open...)

SammyTheSnake


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From: phuae@lupin.csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr S A Penny)
Subject: Re: Society's access to source code (was Re: KDE v. Gnome)
Date: 1998/10/06
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