Re: Guilty, 'til proven guilty

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From: Donal K. Fellows
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 00:00

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In article <nm9itxwir5h.fsf@all-night-tool.mit.edu>,
 <brlspam@sperience.com> wrote:
> fellowsd@cs.man.ac.uk (Donal K. Fellows) writes:
>> Some of us prefer to put the emphasis on Open, and feel that the GPL
>> is way too restrictive.  Something to do with not having a dog-in-a-
>> -manger attitude?
> 
> To answer your question, no.  Nothing to do with a dog-in-a-manger
> attitude.  Quite the opposite.
> 
> Only those with a dog-in-a-manger attitude have problems with the GPL.

Obviously I disagree.  I don't want to say to someone "You must share"
but instead "Here are some things I think are interesting.  Do you
have anything interesting?"  The online community I participate in is
probably friendlier than yours.  :^P

Donal (dratted newsfeed)
-- 
Donal K. Fellows    http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/    fellowsd@cs.man.ac.uk
-- The small advantage of not having California being part of my country would
   be overweighed by having California as a heavily-armed rabid weasel on our
   borders.  -- David Parsons  <o r c @ p e l l . p o r t l a n d . o r . u s>

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From: fellowsd@cs.man.ac.uk (Donal K. Fellows)
Subject: Re: Guilty, 'til proven guilty
Date: 2000/04/06
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