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From: alan@allegra.UUCP (Alan S. Driscoll)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Pirates? Cretins? Feeding? and the light of reason (long)
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Date: Sun, 22-Apr-84 16:18:18 EST
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Posted: Sun Apr 22 16:18:18 1984
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> 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.

I agree.  It's wrong for a company to make a return on its R&D investment.
Remeber, real programmers program for fun, not for profit.  If people would
just stop working for an honest buck, and start leaching off others, then
the world would be a much better place.


	Alan S. Driscoll
	AT&T ("Evil Capitalist") Bell Laboratories