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From: dannyman <dannyman@dannyland.org>
To: Mark Ovens <markov@globalnet.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Al Gore wants out source code!
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On Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 08:18:46PM +0100, Mark Ovens wrote:
[...]
> > If not, it's not in the spirit of the Open Source movement at
> > all. The OS movement is not about 100 volunteers submitting
> > modifications in private to one person for exclusive use by that one
> > person.
> 
> I think this is more a case of someone who doesn't have the first
> clue about what Open Source is, or the Internet for that matter.

Here's my letter: