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From: jmaynard@thesis1.hsch.utexas.edu (Jay Maynard)
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Subject: Re: rms says...
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Date: 29 Jan 91 16:24:03 GMT
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Stallman's comments make it plain that he's not really interested in
maximizing the reuse of software, as the GNU General Public Virus claims;
rather, he's using it as a political weapon to further his utopia. Hence,
his software, far from being truly free, will continue carrying the cost of
buying in to his utopian ideal of stamping out software ownership entirely.
I find it particularly ironic that he's using the FSF's ownership of its
software to further his goals.

This still means that I cannot afford to have any GPV-protected code on my
computer, since I cannot risk having the source of some of my income tainted
by association with GPV code; whether or not it's infected by the GPV, I
can't afford the legal representation I'd need to defend my rights in my
programming. This is a real shame, as there are good tools that are not
acceptable only because of the licensing, and it's far more likely that I'll
be able to reimplement them more easily than I could convince their authors
(even those not directly associated with the FSF, such as Larry Wall) to
license their code under non-utopian terms.

Oh well. So much for gcc, bash, perl, smail 3,...
-- 
Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
jmaynard@thesis1.hsch.utexas.edu  | adequately be explained by stupidity.
"Today is different from yesterday." -- State Department spokesman Margaret
Tutwiler, 17 Jan 91, explaining why they won't negotiate with Saddam Hussein