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Date:      Wed, 27 Feb 2002 16:35:01 +0000
From:      j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
To:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
Cc:        Benjamin Krueger <benjamin@macguire.net>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: First test of GPL in court
Message-ID:  <20020227163501.A66574@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
In-Reply-To: <15484.63760.663944.125557@guru.mired.org>; from mwm@mired.org on Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 09:19:44AM -0600
References:  <20020227142005.A16555@energyhq.homeip.net> <20020227132417.B64839@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20020227052928.L12253@rain.macguire.net> <20020227133748.C64839@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20020227054428.M12253@rain.macguire.net> <20020227135103.E64839@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20020227061336.N12253@rain.macguire.net> <20020227142303.A65635@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20020227061336.N12253@rain.macguire.net> <15484.63760.663944.125557@guru.mired.org>

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| what makes me think that so much stuff is GPL'ed not because people
| are deceived by RMS, or agree with his goals, but because sharing
| software is something that resonates in the hacker community.

<bait>
But they should realize the best form of sharing means no strings
attached.  Much of that 'shareware' was public domain.
</bait>

| I remember more than one bit of "shareware" where "sharing" was
| donating to their favorite charity, or you could register by emailing
| the author the fish disk # and name of a program you had donated.

Those were the days.  :-)
Makes me feel ancient at 30 years old.


jm
-- 
My other computer is your windows box.

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