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From: swansonc@acc.stolaf.edu (Chris Swanson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Freemacs or MG2a or Epsilon?
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Date: 12 Apr 91 23:08:55 GMT
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In-Reply-To: jew@rt.uucp's message of 10 Apr 91 15:16:46 GMT

>>>>> On 10 Apr 91 15:16:46 GMT,
>>>>> in message <17335@sunquest.UUCP>,
>>>>> jew@rt.uucp (James E. Ward /87336) wrote:


jew> Kevin D. Quitt said (speaking of GNU software): But it's not free
jew> (although it is cheap).  But when it comes to an editor, I think
jew> Epsilon's the best.

jew> How do you manage to pay for GNU software?  I thought everybody
jew> just down-loaded it and compiled it.  That's pretty close to
jew> free.  The only thing closer would be if they ftp'd it to your
jew> machine and compiled it for you, eh?

jew> James E. Ward (jew@sunquest.com)

jew> Confucious say...

I think he was refering to the GNU Public License.  Indeed, none of
the GNU software costs money, but there is a license (basically
stating that you have to make machine readable source available to
anyone who gets copies of that program (or anything derived from that
program) available at no extra charge other than some form of s&h and
you can not restrict them from redistributing it further) and there
for you are not "free" to use it any way you like.  You must keep it,
or the possibility of getting it, free.

	-Chris


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