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- From: arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee)
- Subject: Re: Fund raising at the FSF
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.185143.13334@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>
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- Organization: Johns Hopkins University CS Dept.
- References: <KEVIN.93Jan5162507@calamityjane.edscom.demon.co.uk> <1993Jan7.004313.19059@husc3.harvard.edu> <lkodpvINNs9h@cash.cs.utexas.edu>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 18:51:43 GMT
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- In article <lkodpvINNs9h@cash.cs.utexas.edu> woody@cs.utexas.edu (James Woodgate) writes:
- >I don't think FSF should change their name for two reasons:
- > 1) It is free, I don't have to pay to get, use, or modify
- > GNU code. Just because they won't send me all their
- > work for free, doesn't mean the code isn't free. Just
- > because I can't change a couple of lines in Emacs and
- > call it "mine" doesn't mean it's not free.
-
- You phrase this as "a couple of lines". But the virus aspect of the GPL is
- not dependent on the number of lines used. It could just as well be that you
- put a few lines from Emacs in your own program, and then it _still_ can't be
- called yours.
- --
- "On the first day after Christmas my truelove served to me... Leftover Turkey!
- On the second day after Christmas my truelove served to me... Turkey Casserole
- that she made from Leftover Turkey.
- [days 3-4 deleted] ... Flaming Turkey Wings! ...
- -- Pizza Hut commercial (and M*tlu/A*gic bait)
-
- Ken Arromdee (arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu, arromdee@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu)
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