From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: ron minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: The new ridiculous license
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Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 13:38:28 -0600
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On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, David Presotto wrote:

> We apologize for letting the code out with a license that obligates
> the receiver in any way.  I promise that with comments like this its
> not likely ever to happen again.


well from out here we are very grateful, for what that is worth.

I think Plan 9 has a big role in our future work, this new license is the
ticket for me.

I regret not buying all the Lucent guys at Usenix a beer last week.

I'm wondering: how many of the folks who hate this license run PowerPoint?
If you do, you're already far more obligated than by this license.

ron