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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



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