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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:36420 comp.os.386bsd.questions:2055 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!convex!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!s850.mwc.edu!uvaarpa!cv3.cv.nrao.edu!rgooch From: rgooch@rp.CSIRO.AU (Richard Gooch) Subject: Re: Summary of Linux vs. 386BSD vs. Commercial Unixes Message-ID: <1993Apr27.184756.9332@nrao.edu> Sender: news@nrao.edu Organization: CSIRO Division of Radiophysics/Australia Telescope National Facility References: <D87-MAL.93Apr19230114@byse.nada.kth.se> <1993Apr20.135723.752@rcvie.co.at> <C5wFnJ.KMt@cs.columbia.edu> <1993Apr22.214916.6049@sfu.ca> Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1993 18:47:56 GMT Lines: 32 In article <1993Apr22.214916.6049@sfu.ca>, rchen@fraser.sfu.ca (Robert Chen) writes: > In article <C5wFnJ.KMt@cs.columbia.edu> Blair MacIntyre <bm@cs.columbia.edu> writes: > >I don't know how you define free, but I haven't paid money for any GNU > >software recently. > > > >They never said it was public-domain, they said it was free. As in, no > >money. As in, no money for the source. All you have to do is not > >charge people for any modifications you make and let them have the > >original source. > > You are a fool. Whay are there so many Cliff Claven's on the net > these days? > > The "Free" in "Free Software" has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH PRICE. > You cal SELL gnu software for whatever you can get for it. "Free" > means the freedom to use, modify, and distribute the source. > > The FSF people would laugh themselves off usenet if they read this > thread. This is pathetic. Yee gads! When will this stop?? If this goes on, I wouldn't be supprised if someone went over the edge and started posting: "GNU License (verbatim): READ THIS BEFORE POSTING!!" Regards, Richard Gooch, rgooch@atnf.csiro.au ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Want computer privacy/ security? Use PGP: public key encryption. Don't know what it is? Ask me. PGP Public Key available on request, or: finger rgooch@lynx.atnf.csiro.au