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Date:      Wed, 12 Dec 2001 22:15:34 +1000
From:      Andrew Kenneth Milton <akm@theinternet.com.au>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        Andrew Kenneth Milton <akm@theinternet.com.au>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: [OT] RMS Suing was [SUGGESTION] - JFS for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <20011212221534.R46324@zeus.theinternet.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <3C17490F.4D1992A7@mindspring.com>; from Terry Lambert on Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 04:09:51AM -0800
References:  <20011210161410.L92148@elvis.mu.org> <3C15AC5A.44BFD2BD@mindspring.com> <20011211183001.B67986@monorchid.lemis.com> <3C15CD07.6D5FC2E7@mindspring.com> <20011212131125.A82733@monorchid.lemis.com> <3C16D226.F169C43D@mindspring.com> <20011212203016.O46324@zeus.theinternet.com.au> <3C174284.8F0B3B7B@mindspring.com> <20011212220135.Q46324@zeus.theinternet.com.au> <3C17490F.4D1992A7@mindspring.com>

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+-------[ Terry Lambert ]----------------------
| Andrew Kenneth Milton wrote:
| > | I can't argue with that; historically, IBM has never sued anyone, and
| > | they were oh so happy to consider another license for the year I tried
| > | to push for it for use in a FreeBSD based IBM product.  Not.
| > 
| > Of course not, the GPL protects them from competitors taking and improving
| > their product and selling it at a profit without having to share. Ironic
| > isn't it, that the GPL has become a tool of the "oppressors" d8)
| 
| Perhaps you missed the fact that I was *ALSO* IBM at the time.

I didn't. I wasn't saying you were a competitor, just that the GPL is a
convenient license for corporations to use. IBM are bigger than most 
governments, were you surprised that the bureaucracy is too?

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