Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 19:37:36 -0600 From: Jon Hamilton <hamilton@pobox.com> To: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The GPL and the Robinson-Patman Act Message-ID: <19990224013736.4C84946381@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 24 Feb 1999 01:02:04 GMT." <19990224010204.B679@localhost>
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In message <19990224010204.B679@localhost>, Mark Ovens wrote: } Terry Labmert wrote: } > The FSF has a pool of money for sueing people set aside and all } > ready to go, with a specific emphasis on corporations who, god help } > them, release code that includes patented algorithms or processes } > under the GPL. } } That almost sounds like a contradiction in terms; an organization } representing *free* software having vast financial resources. I From the FSF perspective, _free_ refers to freedom, not to price. } presume their funds come from donations from the likes of Red Hat, } Cygnus etc.? They also sell documentation, source tapes, consulting, and take donations. -- Jon Hamilton hamilton@pobox.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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