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- From: mcoffin@IASTATE.EDU (Marie Coffin)
- Subject: Re: Fund raising at the FSF
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.202753@IASTATE.EDU>
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- Reply-To: mcoffin@IASTATE.EDU (Marie Coffin)
- Organization: Iowa State University
- References: <1993Jan2.221526.18943@husc3.harvard.edu> <C0Ap5A.A4v@news.udel.edu> <1993Jan3.170815.18962@husc3.harvard.edu> <C0B34q.Ax0@news.udel.edu>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 02:27:53 GMT
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- In article <C0B34q.Ax0@news.udel.edu>, johnston@me.udel.edu (Bill Johnston)
- writes:
- >
- > You could have saved time by making it clear that what you meant
- > in repeated assertions about the "use" of GNU software is really
- > "proprietary use of the source code". Most computer folk employ
- > the term "use" in the same sense as "user", namely, someone who
- > "uses" the software tools. Similarly, a driver is more apt to be
- > thought of as the "user" of a car than is the mechanic.
-
-
- You don't understand, Bill. Zeleny isn't interested in making anything clear.
- Nor is he interested in saving time. On the contrary, he's interested in
- wasting as much of it as possible. One can only conclude that being abused
- by the Usenet population is more enjoyable for him than anything else in
- his life.
-
-
- Marie Coffin
-