Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 20:28:56 -0600 From: Jon Hamilton <hamilton@pobox.com> To: dyson@iquest.net Cc: marko@uk.radan.com, tlambert@primenet.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The GPL and the Robinson-Patman Act Message-ID: <19990224022856.5B1E046381@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 23 Feb 1999 20:59:42 EST." <199902240159.UAA04909@y.dyson.net>
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In message <199902240159.UAA04909@y.dyson.net>, "John S. Dyson" wrote: } Jon Hamilton said: } > } > } > 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. } I want the freedom to have a free copy of their documentation, source } tapes and consulting... I want lots of things, but that doesn't mean that I can demand that people give them to me free. You chopped off the bit where Mark wrote that it sounded like a contradiction for an enterprise representing *free* software to have lots of money. All I'm saying is that when they say *free* they don't mean price. While I disagree with their agenda, I do think it's important to at least try to accurately represent it rather than spreading inaccurate information. I was merely trying to correct what appeared to be a misinterpretation. -- 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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