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Date:      Thu, 25 Feb 1999 00:20:09 -0500 (EST)
From:      "John S. Dyson" <dyson@iquest.net>
To:        tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert)
Cc:        toor@dyson.iquest.net, hamilton@pobox.com, dyson@iquest.net, marko@uk.radan.com, tlambert@primenet.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: The GPL and the Robinson-Patman Act
Message-ID:  <199902250520.AAA08064@y.dyson.net>
In-Reply-To: <199902241841.LAA03910@usr04.primenet.com> from Terry Lambert at "Feb 24, 99 06:41:44 pm"

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Terry Lambert said:
> > (This was meant to be a humorous commentary on those who believe in the
> >  notion of social engineering, an example of such would be GPL and the GNU
> >  manifesto.)
> 
> Or the US Constitution, or the Magna Carta.
> 
> Social engineering is not inherently evil.
> 
Lately it seems to have been.  We have a good framework now, and more
engineering seems to be more restrictions.

If there was no contract now, then engineering might be a good thing,
but I sure wouldn't trust our current group of politicians.  I also
wouldn't often trust programmers with a very specific and narrow
minded agendas being predominant social engineers.

-- 
John                  | Never try to teach a pig to sing,
dyson@iquest.net      | it makes one look stupid
jdyson@nc.com         | and it irritates the pig.


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