On 9/13/07, Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net> wrote:

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> I have the printed, comb-binded, March 1987 Sixth Edition, version 18 of
> the GNU Emacs Manual. It includes the 1985/1986 version of the GNU
> Manifesto which says on page 244:
>
>     If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative
>     programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they
>     restrict the use of these programs.
>
> The use of GPL itself is known to be restrictive to many. There are many
> documented examples of this.
>
> (Should programmers using GPL be "punished"?? :)

I think this is going out of context to the original issue, and only
serves to muddy things up.  Please go to the appropriate place to
discuss licensing.

-Tai
-- 
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