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From: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff)
Newsgroups: gnu.gcc
Subject: Re: Some people won't use GCC
Message-ID: <9416@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us>
Date: 7 Jun 89 14:17:40 GMT
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Reply-To: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff)
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>>	It sure would be nice to replace those copyleft notices which
>>	add a good 8K to every file in GNU software with something like
>>
>>	"Use this code.  Improve this code.  Tell me about it."
>
>This is precisely the point.  The copyleft allows the first of these,
>encourages the second, but requires the third.

Unless you use AUX.  Then the first is made difficult, the second is 
somewhat wasted effort and the third isn't allowed (at least on gnu 
mailing lists).  






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