Re: Internet Info CDROM (fwd)

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Jordan Hubbard (jkh@vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
Tue, 13 Dec 1994 13:45:55 +0000

I'm sorry, but I'm afraid that I find this entire argument rather
disgusting. I don't think that anyone can really dispute that I've
put a significant amount of my life into providing free software, and
speaking as someone who has, I find this "hoarder's mentality"
(e.g. "People I like can have this, the rest of you keep your filthy
paws off!!") truly counterproductive. In fact, I'd just as soon see
people with such attitudes just go back to writing software for money
and pedel their selective altruism elsewhere! The free software
community doesn't NEED this kind of shit when we get so much of it
already from big business - either make it completely unrestricted or
don't even bother releasing it. You think it's a desirable state of
affairs to have to sift through every net-released document for
someone's self-styled software patent? No.

There are a number of more reasonable people who can write such FAQs.
Why not step aside and let them get on with it? I'm sure there are
people more than willing to deal with you on a purely commercial
basis.

Jordan


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