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Date:      Mon, 08 Feb 1999 12:34:02 -0700
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        lcremean@tidalwave.net, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Licia <licia@o-o.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: GPL *again* (was: New CODA release)
Message-ID:  <4.1.19990208123300.04582220@mail.lariat.org>
In-Reply-To: <19990209055655.P86778@freebie.lemis.com>
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At 05:56 AM 2/9/99 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
 
>Why should incorporating it into Linux be worse than incorporating it
>into System V?

Because the intent of Linux -- like the GPL -- is to destroy markets
for commercial software. I do not support this goal and hence do
not want to see my code appear in Linux. How best to avoid this?

--Brett

"Rules? This is the Internet." -- Dan Gillmor

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