Re: Draft of letter to Walnut Creek

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Tim Pierce (twpierce@midway.uchicago.edu)
Tue, 13 Dec 94 12:39:02 CST


Eric Raymond wrote:

> And control is the key issue here. We do not propose to hold up Walnut
> Creek for royalties; we recognize that the economics of the situation
> would make that unreasonable. Walnut Creek's offer of a free CD-ROM to
> every author who requests one would be fitting compensation, if compensation
> were our sticking-point. It is not.

I recommend emphasizing and double-underlining this point.
In fact, rewrite the draft to revolve around it. As it is
it comes off as a petty foot-stamping reaction, and is
likely just to cause a backlash against faq-maintainers if
posted.



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