Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:14:48 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: brett@lariat.org (Brett Glass) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, jmb@hub.freebsd.org, dkelly@hiwaay.net, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Your misconceptions about the GPL Message-ID: <199911300014.RAA16936@usr07.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19991123182433.04426710@localhost> from "Brett Glass" at Nov 23, 99 06:26:30 pm
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> >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?" Yes, dammit. 8-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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