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From: sja@beta.hut.fi (Sakari Jalovaara)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: GPL (was Re: Linux vs FreeBSD)
Date: 28 Dec 95 11:53:05
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology
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> But that isn't really the point.  What I then react _very_ badly to (I
> don't like flaming, but I do it on a few issues, this being one), is
> TOTAL JERKS who have the gall to question MY (conscious) choice of
> copyright. 

Well said!  This is one of the main reasons why I won't use the GPL.
I want to give users of my code the freedom to make this choice.
									++sja