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Subject: Pirates? Cretins? Feeding? and the light of reason (long)
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Date: Mon, 16-Apr-84 19:38:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 16 19:38:00 1984
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From:  Gail Zacharias <GZ@Mit-Mc.ARPA>

    Date: 15 Apr 1984 11:33:03 EST (Sunday)
    From: Michael Wynd <mwynd at Bbn-Unix.ARPA>
    ...
    There's an idea worth, in my putatively humble view, putting some
    energy into.  Richard Stallman, where are you now and what are
    you doing?

RMS is not on info-micro, so you likely won't hear from him.  I can tell
you exactly what he's doing.  He is writing a public domain Unix called
GNU.  Given the current state of copyright laws, this is the only morally
defensible reaction to obscene software pricing.  It's also a good example
of monumental waste and harm to society caused by the laws -- I can
certainly think of much better uses for a few years' worth of RMS's
considerable talents than having to re-do something that's already been
done simply because the original is not made generally available.