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From: fellowsd@cs.man.ac.uk (Donal K. Fellows)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: GPL
Date: 3 Feb 1997 14:09:04 GMT
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, University of Manchester, U.K.
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In article <0rnuc5.3e1.ln@zen>,
Robert Brockway <s316674@student.uq.edu.au> wrote:
[ GPL vs. BSD licensing ]
> Both licenses seem to have a place in the world, as far as i am concerned.
> Why does this discussion flare up every few months?

Because we need to have something to argue about when we've run out of
other things?  This whole debate feels a bit like an idle task to
me...  :^)

Donal.
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