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- From: smiller@bnr.ca (Scott Miller)
- Subject: Re: Piracy of software
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.154115.23484@bnr.ca>
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- References: <1g5lrqINNp3t@rs1.rrz.Uni-Koeln.DE> <1992Dec10.163208.17015@microware.com> <1g9uprINNqaj@rs1.rrz.Uni-Koeln.DE> <1992Dec14.004206.18987@nosc.mil> <1ghsfvINNr7f@rs1.rrz.Uni-Koeln.DE>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 15:41:15 GMT
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- In article <1ghsfvINNr7f@rs1.rrz.Uni-Koeln.DE>, aeg03@rrz.uni-koeln.de (Jan T. Kim) writes:
- |>
- |> Look, if you're gonna sell copies of software beyond the point of
- |> breaking even, be honest enough to admit you're too greedy for
- |> profit to release it into the copylefted domain. Don't use some
- |> bogus lofty, higher moral justification.
- |> This is not directed personally at Mike Healy nor at anyone else
- |> on the net, excepting Bill Gates, if he's on the net :-)
-
- Somehow, I don't think Bill Gates would have any problem admitting his
- 'for-profit' motives. But then, he's got several Gigabucks already, so
- maybe he'll get tired of making money.
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