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From: steve_kilbane@cegelecproj.co.uk steve_kilbane@cegelecproj.co.uk
Subject: [9fans] Re:
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 12:31:58 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <19980922113158.Joj_c6wD3pSIrwQ-Dckdk_L3yFbxcLiTlLUvjcjw3AU@z> (raw)

On 21/09/98 10:43:54 Elliott Hughes  wrote:

> and then there's the catch-22: the enticement of having users. no-one
likes to  write
> software to push it to the back of their disc to rot (though i do wonder
sometimes),
> and the one place where you can be sure of users is the free world. if
you can't
> give your code away for free to run on a free platform, you're going to
have  fewer
> users than if you could.

Hmm. kernel hacks, maybe, but surely there wasn't any restriction on
distributing brand new applications, or those ported to Plan 9?

steve






             reply	other threads:[~1998-09-22 11:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1998-09-22 11:31 steve_kilbane [this message]
1998-09-22 12:35 Elliott
2000-06-11 20:00 presotto
2000-06-11 20:02 ` [9fans] Andrey Mirtchovski
2000-06-11 20:24 presotto
2000-07-25  9:07 arisawa
2000-07-26  2:03 ` [9fans] Eric Dorman
2004-07-19 21:35 Kma
2004-07-19 21:38 Owner-
2004-07-20 12:07 Presotto
2004-07-21 18:40 Paul.clark
     [not found] <2fac11773f2f0e53ce01a05a5a6ea363@quintile.net>
2004-09-27 23:52 ` Vester Thacker

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