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Re: JFS

Christian wrote:

> Brett Glass wrote:
> >
> > At 10:21 PM 2/2/2000 , Jack J. Woehr wrote:
> > The GPL is Richard Stallman's attempt to turn open source software into a weapon
> > against the businesses, markets, and livelihoods of commercial developers.
>
> And, boy, wasn't he successful?  I mean, just look at Red Hat! (et al.)

In the GNU Manifesto, Stallman proposed an alternate economic model for software
production. If you go back and read the Manifesto, I would say the only criticism one
can make, in light of subsequent events, is that Stallman understated his case, and
vastly more wealth than he himself imagined is being generated by free software.

- Jax

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