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- From: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
- Subject: Re: Restrictions on 'free' UNIX / 386BSD (Re: selling 386BSD)
- Message-ID: <MNDIKJ3@taronga.com>
- Organization: Taronga Park BBS
- References: <PHR.92Aug15151100@soda.berkeley.edu> <63DILTJ@taronga.com> <PHR.92Aug15214245@soda.berkeley.edu>
- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 14:20:29 GMT
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- In article <PHR.92Aug15214245@soda.berkeley.edu> phr@soda.berkeley.edu (Paul Rubin) writes:
- > If 386BSD was copylefted, it would be Linux. It's the absence of copyleft
- > that leads to the possibility of more than a bunch of random hackers
- > benefiting from it.
-
- >Please clarify this. How is anyone else prevented from benefitting
- >from it? Say, for example, the same people who now benefit from GCC?
-
- The people who aren't hackers and don't have net access, who want to walk
- down to the store and buy a shrinkwrapped copy of GCC with a technical
- support number and related articles in PC-Week.
-
- The people who aren't hackers and want to walk down to the store and buy
- a shrinkwrapped copy of "386BSD-Lite" with a technical support number and
- a bunch of application programs in shrinkwrap on the shelf next to it.
-
- Mundanes are people too.
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- Have you hugged your wolf today? 'U`
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- Peter da Silva, Taronga Park BBS, Houston, TX +1 713 568 0480/1032
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