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From: nate@hobbes.intel.com (Nate Hess)
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: GNU not equals Socialism.
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Date: 29 Oct 89 04:46:11 GMT
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In-reply-to: jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore)
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In article <970005@gore.com>, jacob@gore (Jacob Gore) writes:
>FSF is not trying to force anybody into anything.  It simply says: if you
>benefit from our software, let others benefit from yours.  What's the big
>deal?  If you don't want to share your software, don't share your software
>-- start from scratch, find another source of software to start from,
>whatever.  Do whatever you would have done if there was no GNU project.

In fact, you've understated the FSF's position on what can be done with
their software.  You can copy an FSF program, modify the heck out of it,
and use it to your heart's content, without even showing your
grandmother the source.  If, however, you distribute a copy of the
binary of your modified FSF program, then you must make complete,
machine-readable sources available, as well.

RMS and the FSF would like to see source code for additions and
modifications to their programs, but they don't require it, as long as
you don't distribute binaries of the FSF-derived program.

--woodstock
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