Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 18:26:30 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, jmb@hub.freebsd.org (Jonathan M. Bresler) Cc: dkelly@hiwaay.net, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Your misconceptions about the GPL Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.19991123182433.04426710@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199911231859.LAA02592@usr06.primenet.com> References: <19991123111417.ADEA714BEC@hub.freebsd.org>
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At 06:59 PM 11/23/1999 +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: >These connotations actually derive from the writs of mandamus >issued to captains of what were, essentially, pirate ships (but >because of the writs, "they're _our_ pirates"). This practice >began in 1861, if memory serves me correctly. Don't you mean a "Letter of Marque" rather than a "Writ of mandamus?" --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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