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Subject: compromise GNU license
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Date: 28 Aug 89 00:14:52 GMT
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That "compromise" pretty much ignores most everything the FSF is about.
 Things go stale pretty quickly in this industry, and I imagine that a
  profit-motivated software author would keep paying fees until they
   ceased to be profitable, which would be about the same time it becomes
    obsolete.

That doesn't sound like something the FSF---with its stated goals---would
 care to implement.  If you think it would be a win, though, maybe you
  could find somebody to implement it.
   <_Jym_>