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- From: bri@pegasus.mit.edu (Brian D. Carlstrom)
- Subject: Re: Restrictions on 'free' UNIX / 386BSD (Re: selling 386BSD)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug16.160055.22087@athena.mit.edu>
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- References: <l8n8qcINN2c5@neuro.usc.edu> <CGD.92Aug14204505@agate.berkeley.edu> <325@sleepy.UUCP>
- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 16:00:55 GMT
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- ***FLAME BIT ON***
- In article <325@sleepy.UUCP> skutvik@sleepy.UUCP ( ECMS TEST) writes:
- >In article <CGD.92Aug14204505@agate.berkeley.edu>, cgd@agate.berkeley.edu (Chris G. Demetriou) writes:
- >> re: the serial driver stuff:
- >> As a matter of fact, I had just reconsidered, and was about to take
- >> the copyright notice *OFF* the file, and lo, and behold, i got hit by N
- >> flames.
- Thanks to all the flamers for ruining this one. when i first saw them
- hitting i thought, "hopefully someone will just SUGGEST to him nicely
- that he might rethink his copyright, or possibly remove it. yeah, cgd
- will be reasonable about it i'm sure. i wont bother then, since others
- will" guess i was wrong. the only people who seemed to have responded
- have done nothing but made things worse. i hope you get screwed cause
- you cant use his com driver. go write your own...
- >...
- >> remember: you have no *rights* to the works of others; anything they
- >> decide to give to you, be *GLAD* for.
- >...
- i respect cgd's rights to his property, but would hope he would donate
- his com driver to us. if not, oh well. if is that important, i'm sure
- one of the flamers will write one, if they can.
- ***FLAME BIT OFF***
-
- > ****Ughh, I hate it when I get up on a soapbox*****
- sigh, so do i. maybe it would have helped if someone had earlier...
-
- -bri
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