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From: Russ Cox rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com
Subject: [9fans] Plan9 should be free distributable
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 14:31:45 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20000513183145.DPeRJHujtgaP7DyV6XVunCxsNCQpaxtFO-_wRxjb9Nc@z> (raw)

	Personally I am more than happy to pay US$350.00 for a source licence,
	if that contributes to keeping the very talented people at Lucent
	able to keep working.
	...
	Lucent is a commercial company, so lets not bash them too much for
	trying to stay in business.

I really have no idea, but somehow
I doubt that the sale of Plan 9 CDs is
what is keeping Lucent in business.

I'd also like to point out that while all this
talk of whether Plan 9 should be given
away for free or should cost $350 is
amusing, it is largely irrelevant.  I think
everyone agrees that it would be great
if the next Plan 9 distribution ends up
being under better terms and a lower
price tag than the last one.
But as Rob and Dave have said, at this point
what will happen is really not in the
hands of anyone who will see this message.
Let's sit back and see what happens.

Russ





             reply	other threads:[~2000-05-13 18:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-05-13 18:31 Russ [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2000-05-22  8:31 Pat
2000-05-13 16:56 Digby
2000-05-13 16:07 Digby
2000-05-12 17:24 forsyth
2000-05-12 14:55 Anthony

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