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Date:      Thu, 19 Apr 2001 15:28:27 -0500
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        dan@langille.org
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Stallman now claims authorship of Linux
Message-ID:  <15071.19051.343972.458299@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <200104192013.f3JKDfm73628@ns1.unixathome.org>
References:  <4.3.2.7.2.20010419140150.045176b0@localhost> <200104192013.f3JKDfm73628@ns1.unixathome.org>

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Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> types:
> On 19 Apr 2001, at 15:10, Mike Meyer wrote:
> > Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> types:
> > > Not true. Commercial software does not destroy markets or reduce
> > > programmers to the status of wage slave.
> > Try contracting for MicroSoft.
> I'm a programmer.  I get paid for my work.  And by no means can it be 
> considered a slave wage.

I'd say the same thing myself. And, contrary to the nonsense that
Brett was spouting, it doesn't matter whether I'm working on GPL'ed
softare or not.

> > You build capital as a programmer under conditions D, E and F the
> > exact same way you do in all those other fields, working under those
> > conditions.
> Can I pay my mortgage with that capital?

Since people working in other fields seem to manage it, you ought to
be able to.

	<mike
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