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From: mike@sleepy.unm.edu (Michael I. Bushnell)
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Subject: Re: Advertising on comp.emacs
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Date: 13 Dec 88 22:16:55 GMT
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In article <915@hudson.acc.virginia.edu> gsh7w@astsun1.acc.Virginia.EDU (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.

You don't "got to" buy it.  I see you are on the Internet.  Why don't you 
just FTP it?  Or doesn't that count as free?  If you sent FSF $150 for 
a tape, you are buying a TAPE, not the software.  The software is free,
evidence by 1) the ability to recopy it at will, and 2) its availability
through other, cheaper, means of distribution.

If I offer copy of a book I'm writing, but I ask you to pay postage, then
I'm not selling the book.  I'm selling the distribution.  The book is free
if I let you recopy it at will.
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