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On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:44:29 +0000 "Ben Goodger" <goodgerster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > My interpretation is that free software exists to ensure that > availability of functionality is universal and not constricted by > money, copyright, etc. FTR, copyright is the basis of free software - the GPL is a copyright licence and relies on copyright law for enforcement. The licence is more important than copyright (which is generated by default). I know what you meant though. > The open-source development and distribution model, especially the > GPL, work very nicely with the free software idea but are not the > same thing. So far, this is what Microsoft have failed to determine: they are approaching an understanding of the open source development and distribution model - they fail completely to understand the free software community. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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