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- From: markf@zurich.ai.mit.edu (Mark Friedman)
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- Subject: Re: Stallman and friends
- Date: 6 Jan 93 09:58:54
- Organization: M.I.T. Artificial Intelligence Lab.
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- Message-ID: <MARKF.93Jan6095854@montreux.ai.mit.edu>
- References: <D2150035.mrrnh5@outpost.SF-Bay.org> <1993Jan5.075021.970@shawn.uucp>
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- In-reply-to: russotto@eng.umd.edu's message of 5 Jan 93 23:19:32 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan05.231932.21087@eng.umd.edu> russotto@eng.umd.edu
- (Matthew T. Russotto) writes:
- ** In article <1993Jan5.075021.970@shawn.uucp> root@shawn.uucp (Mark
- ** Jeghers -- UNIX/X/Motif Contractor) writes:
- ** >Please clarify. What exactly do you believe are the real motives
- ** >of FSF and GNU?
- **
- ** They state them quite openly: they want software to be free, or at
- ** least they don't want people to have to pay for it with money.
-
- My understanding is that according to the copyleft (and the GNU
- manifesto) you may charge whatever you want for the software. However,
- you must make the source freely available.
-
- ** They DON'T believe it should be free of attached strings, which say
- ** that anyone who uses their software must treat the product of their
- ** work in accordance with Stallman's wishes.
-
- The copyleft (i.e. the "strings") are only there to counter existing
- restrictive intellectual property laws. If those laws didn't exist
- neither would the copyleft (and the need for it).
-
- -Mark
- --
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- Mark Friedman
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