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From: kjones@talos.UUCP (Kyle Jones)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs
Subject: Re: Emacs Lisp Archives -- organization
Message-ID: <565@talos.UUCP>
Date: 24 Jun 89 14:01:02 GMT
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Dale Worley writes:
 > Also, while I like the fact that RMS is writing neat stuff, I'm sort
 > of annoyed with his idea that everyone is *obligated* to use Gnu-style
 > licensing.  Let's give people the freedom to decide the conditions
 > *they* want on distribution of their code.

RMS has never insisted (at least not to me) that the GNU licensing be
used.  In fact saveconf.el (nee ultra.el) was distributed in v18.52 with
my own copying permissions.  The perennial Emacs favorite hanoi.el is
distributed with no copying permissions at all.

RMS does encourage use of the GNU General Public License, but the reason
he has always given me is that it makes things easier for the users to
have one set of copying terms.  I agree, so I use the license.