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- From: mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk>
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- Subject: Re: Fund raising at the FSF
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- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 17:20:19 GMT
- References: <C0Au59.C4n@mtholyoke.edu> <1993Jan3.171845.18963@husc3.harvard.edu> <1993Jan7.130229.8014@augean.eleceng.adelaide.edu.AU>
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- idall@augean.eleceng.adelaide.edu.AU (Ian Dall) writes:
- > In article <1993Jan3.171845.18963@husc3.harvard.edu> zeleny@husc10.harvard.ed
- > u (Michael Zeleny) writes:
- >>The use of GNU places me under a reciprocal obligation which limits
- >>its usufruit, regardless of whether or not I ever exercise my physical
- >>ability to do so. I know that it may be hard to figure out, but feel
- >>free to ask somebody in your philosophy department about the meaning
- >>of obligation.
- >
- > But it is not the use of the software which places you under the
- > obligation.
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- You seem to be assuming that taking bits of source code and writing other
- programs from them is not "use of the software".
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- mathew
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