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From: mwm@consult.berkeley.edu (Mike (I'll think of something yet) Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: BISON, GCC, and the GNU public license. (Re: increasing yacc
Message-ID: <1989Aug8.221257.5506@agate.berkeley.edu>
Date: 8 Aug 89 22:12:57 GMT
References: <942@corpane.UUCP>
Reply-To: mwm@consult.berkeley.edu (Mike (I'll think of something yet) Meyer)
Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica
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In article <942@corpane.UUCP> sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes:
<Y'know (sorry to interupt y'alls argument) but all this talk about 'privilaged
<classes' and only the rich can afford software.... Sounds like a bunch of
<propaganda to me.

Considing who first brought up the subject of privileged classes,
you're right. The propoganda in question is "You can't use copylefted
software to make money." This was, and remains, a lie.

<But to try to force someone to do as you wish is wrong.

I couldn't agree more. That's why I do use GNU. They don't try and
force me to do anything I don't want to do, unlike most commercial
software.

By the same token, if you find the GNU software forcing you to do
something you don't want to do, don't use it.

	<mike
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