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From: alang@masscomp.UUCP (Alan Groupe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Software (and other kinds of) copying
Message-ID: <2806@masscomp.UUCP>
Date: 22 Jan 88 19:57:15 GMT
References: <8055@g.ms.uky.edu> <174@piring.cwi.nl>
Reply-To: alang@masscomp.UUCP (Alan Groupe)
Organization: MASSCOMP - Westford, Ma
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Keywords: technology changes things

jack@cwi.nl (Jack Jansen) writes:
>
> But, it doesn't work for ideas.
>The same is true for books, philosophies, ideas and (to a certain extent)
                      ^^^^^
>software.
			. . .

>I think the GNU people are on the right track: give the software away free,
>so that people become to know and love it, and if you want to make money
>you charge for other things: support, documentation, training, etc.
                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^