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From: phr@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU (Paul Rubin)
Newsgroups: net.emacs
Subject: stuff about software hoarding
Message-ID: <11292@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Date: Tue, 24-Dec-85 15:09:16 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 24 15:09:16 1985
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1. Don't expect an answer from RMS for a few weeks because he is in
France til mid January.

2. He addresses most of the points that have been raised here in the
GNU Manifesto, distributed with GNU Emacs.  Briefly, it says that
making a living from programming is not evil.  Only making a living by
preventing other people from sharing software is evil.  There is no
problem with accepting salary or commissions to write programs.  It
also talks about the GNU project and about how he thinks the software
industry should work.  I am willing to mail copies on request, or if
interest warrants I will post it to net.politics (NOT net.emacs).

3. Personal request: Please, move this discussion to net.politics since
it it is not about Emacs any more.  Also, don't post messages to both
groups, because that would make followups from net.politics readers
spill back to here.