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Article #1398Re: Society's access to source code (was Re: KDE v. Gnome)
From: Barry Margolin
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 00:00
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In article <CGv2JQAhR7F2EwZs@dlsl.demon.co.uk>, Jason Clifford <jason@dlsl.demon.co.uk> wrote: >I am not claiming that availability of source could not be useful - I am >stating that it is not necessary. You're right. It's no more necessary than the ability to take a car to a service station rather than the dealer for repairs and detailing. How many people would buy a car if they had to sign a contract saying that they would get all repairs done by the dealer? -- Barry Margolin, barmar@bbnplanet.com GTE Internetworking, Powered by BBN, Burlington, MA *** DON'T SEND TECHNICAL QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO ME, post them to newsgroups.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1103af,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gid1103af,public X-Google-Thread: f4bda,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bda,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: 10d8ad,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d8ad,public From: Barry Margolin <barmar@bbnplanet.com> Subject: Re: Society's access to source code (was Re: KDE v. Gnome) Date: 1998/10/05 Message-ID: <%IaS1.22$8A3.352004@burlma1-snr1.gtei.net> X-Deja-AN: 398049563 Distribution: world References: <qj78u6.mf.ln@wog.interlog.com> <m3af3knl8m.fsf@c26469-a.clnvl1.ct.home.com> <6up86o <CGv2JQAhR7F2EwZs@dlsl.demon.co.uk> X-Trace: burlma1-snr1.gtei.net 907622331 4.2.32.97 (Mon, 05 Oct 1998 21:18:51 GMT) Organization: GTE Internetworking, Cambridge, MA NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 21:18:51 GMT Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss Originator: barmar@bbnplanet.com (Barry Margolin)