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Subject: Re: uuslave.c public domain, blah, blah, blah...
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Date: Wed, 18-Feb-87 01:15:35 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 18 01:15:35 1987
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Ahhhh but 'public domain' means that anyone can do ANYTHING they want
with it, including making their own changes and distributing them
under a copyright (ie; GNU), or for money.

While I may not agree with RMS on all matters, I feel that he is
trying to provide quality software, free to all, and trying to protect
it from ever becomming proprietary.

Are you more anxious to see people take your generously donated
version of uuslave and SELL it, binary only than you are to have RMS
give sources away?

I feel indebted to RMS for his gift of GNU emacs, and I would gladly
donate work of mine with the guarantee that it never be 'hoarded'

	Phil Budne
	Boston University
	Distributed Systems