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From: tower@AI.MIT.EDU (Leonard H. Tower Jr.)
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Subject: Advertising GNU, and Selling service
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Date: 21 Dec 89 21:02:00 GMT
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   Date: 21 Dec 89 19:34:34 GMT
   From: escher@apple.com  (Mike Crawford)
   Organization: Apple Computer

   I have been told that to charge for supporting GNU would be counter to 
   their philosophy, but this does not seem to be the case to me -- and I 
   would be a test of whether their philosophy could work in the cold, hard 
   steel world of Silicon Valley.

FSF and GNUers have nothing against people making a living supporting
GNU software.  We even support it.  Have a look at the file
etc/SERVICE in the GNU Emacs distribution.

Note that rms makes his livilihood supporting and creating free
software (BTW, he is still a GNU volunteer, not on FSF payroll).

enjoy -len