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From: tower@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Leonard H. Tower Jr.)
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Subject: Re: Software (and other kinds of) copying
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Date: 25 Jan 88 20:23:48 GMT
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In article <39450@sun.uucp> fiddler%concertina@Sun.COM (Steve Hix) writes:
   ...
|The GNU people (particularly Mr. Stallman) might not continue with
|their idealistic ways if they had no other source of income beside
|the software that they're working on.  

A poster who doesn't the facts.

RMS (Mr. Stallman) has made his living as a consultant since he
started the GNU project.  He has always required all work that he does
to be freely redistributable, and takes a copy of the work he performs
as a consultant with him when he is done with an assingment.

Note also that more and more of the consulting that he is paid for is
GNU related.  

Proof of concept?!?!!!!

enjoy -len

PS: People who are concerned with this issue of software copying,
should study RMS' GNU Manifesto.  It was published in the March 1985
issue of Dr. Dobbs, is file etc/GNU in the GNU Emacs distribution
[ C-h C-c C-x C-v GNU RET ], and as a last resort is available via
e-mail from:
	ucbvax!prep.ai.mit.edu!gnu
the Project GNU e-mail inquiry address.