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Mon, 19 Feb 2001 15:40:54 -0500
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<[log in to unmask]> from "W. Wesley Groleau x4923" at Feb 19, 2001 03:03:16 PM
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[said Wes]
>
> "you can have my source, but only if you promise to give all yours away"
>     Yes, I know I'm exaggerating the FSF position.  :-)

I don't think that's an exaggeration - it's exactly how the FSF-style
open-source model works. (Well, you promise to give your source
away _if_ you modify the source and distribute executables.)
>
> Now Microsoft weighs in with "Their source crashes so seldom that we're
> losing customers, so let's see if we can make their source illegal."

Bingo.:-)
>
> --
> Wes Groleau
> http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau
>
Mike

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