Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!yale!Owens-Christopher From: Owens-Christopher@cs.yale.edu (Christopher Owens) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: Advertising on comp.emacs Message-ID: <45572@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> Date: 13 Dec 88 18:54:15 GMT References: <8812091624.AA14077@wheat-chex.ai.mit.edu> <200@serene.UUCP> <412@wucfua.wustl.edu> <915@hudson.acc.virginia.edu> Sender: root@yale.UUCP Reply-To: Owens-Christopher@cs.yale.edu (Christopher Owens) Organization: Computer Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-2158 Lines: 17 In-reply-to: gsh7w@astsun1.acc.virginia.edu (Greg Hennessy) In article <915@hudson.acc.virginia.edu>, gsh7w@astsun1 (Greg Hennessy) writes: > > If it's free, why do I got to buy it. Say what you mean, and mean what > you say. FSF is creating low cost source code for editors, operating > systems and such. It ain't free if I got to pay money for it. > It is free. You don't have to pay money for it. You can copy it for free from anyone who has a copy and who is willing to let you copy it. There are a couple of sites on the net that allow anonymous FTP of the entire GNU distribution. The only thing you have to pay money for is if you want somebody else to make a tape, print a copy of the manual, and mail them to you. ARPA: Owens-Christopher@cs.yale.edu UUCP: {harvard,cmcl2,decvax}!yale!Owens-Christopher BITNET: Owens@yalecs