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Date:      Wed, 26 May 1999 10:56:05 -0700 (PDT)
From:      <unknown@riverstyx.net>
To:        Nathan Dorfman <nathan@rtfm.net>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Free VMWare and open BIOS!
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.04.9905261055300.2115-100000@hades.riverstyx.net>
In-Reply-To: <19990526122522.A26225@rtfm.net>

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He's labouring under the belief that GPL authors seek out commercial code
and attempt to subvert their markets by cloning the software.

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tani hosokawa
river styx internet


On Wed, 26 May 1999, Nathan Dorfman wrote:

> On Thu, May 20, 1999 at 02:54:29PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote:
> > That's the purpose of the GPL: to destroy your markets and your livelihood.
> > Making money by licensing software is evil, you see, so We Of The GNU Borg
> > Collective must stop you by giving away what you are trying to sell. You
> > Will Be Assimilated.
> 
> How do you figure? They're not giving away what you're trying to sell.
> They're giving away their own code. What is it that you're complaining
> about?
> 
> > --Electrocutis of Borg
> 
> -- 
> Nathan Dorfman <nathan@rtfm.net>         The statements and opinions in my
> Unix Admin @ Frontline Communications    public posts are mine, not FCC's.
> "The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an approaching
> train." --/usr/games/fortune
> 
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