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From: gsh7w@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Hennessy)
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Subject: Re: ksh 11/16/88e now available in AT&T Toolchest
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Date: 3 Oct 90 18:04:06 GMT
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Jay Maynard writes:


#My admiration is reserved for those who make their programs truly
#free, without 
#the political claptrap associated with Stallman's utopia, and without
#unobvious 
#gotchas. Examples abound on the net: Larry Wall's rn, patch, and
#perl; 

I guess that you are unaware that Larry Wall is now distributing perl
under the terms of the GPL. And could you please keep your line length
to below 80 characters?

#The FSF has a specific political agenda, and their software and
#licensing terms serve that agenda. Anything else is whitewash.

Jay Maynard has a specific political agenda, and his software and
licensing terms serve that agenda. Anything else is whitewash.

Does that make you an abberation on the net?

#Never ascribe to malice that which can
#equately be explained by stupidity.

It is amazing how appropriate that signature is for you. 
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