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- From: jbotz@mtholyoke.edu (Jurgen Botz)
- Subject: Re: Fund raising at the FSF
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- References: <1993Jan2.215318.18942@husc3.harvard.edu> <C09qwG.8no@news.udel.edu> <1993Jan3.054314.18948@husc3.harvard.edu>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 21:54:26 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan3.054314.18948@husc3.harvard.edu> zeleny@husc10.harvard.edu (Michael Zeleny) writes:
- >Here our intuitions diverge. If your argument is correct, I see the
- >price differential as a way of offering a $300 reward for lying.
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- They do not have to "lie". An employee can purchase the disk at
- individual prices, and since the GNU license allows her to redistribute
- the software she can then install it on company computers. Since there
- is no "acceptance of distribution" (or "recipient") license, no "lying"
- is involved.
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- Jurgen Botz, jbotz@mtholyoke.edu
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