Re: KDE v. Gnome

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From: Phil Hunt
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 00:00

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In article <slrn711u24.ehm.dblake@dylan.ucsf.edu>
           dblake@phy.ucsf.edu "Dave Blake " writes:
> Donal K. Fellows wrote:
> >Or does RMs hold the (IMHO ridiculous) position that if someone writes
> >a book about GNU Emacs, then the content of that book[*] should[**] be
> >given away free?  
> 
> Copylefted.
> 
> If someone like O'Reilly is printing good documentation books,
> it will act to prevent people from writing good free (or at
> least copylefted) ones.

Some O'Reilly books allow you to make copies of the contents.

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From: philh@vision25.demon.co.uk (Phil Hunt)
Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome
Date: 1998/09/29
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