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List:       kde-licensing
Subject:    Re: Proposed QPL mods - 3rd try
From:       "Adam J. Richter" <adam () yggdrasil ! com>
Date:       1998-12-02 15:26:52
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>   = Warwick Allison
>>  = Adam J. Richter
>>> = Warwick Allison

>>>The GNU Manifesto suggests that eventually we should all be paid
>>>through government hand-outs 

>>That is but one of a number of possibilities suggested in the GNU
>>manifesto.

>Yes, the full list being:

>    - Work for hardware manufacturers porting operating systems.
>    - Support hard to use, poorly documented software.
>    - Beg for donations.
>    - Government handouts.

	Could you please quote the section of the GNU manifesto where
you claim it recommends making free software "hard to use, poorly
documented"?

	Even after correcting the items on your list, it would still
not be a complete enumeration of the possibilities described in the
GNU manifesto.  For example, the GNU manifesto also suggests
a business that "advertises the service of copying and mailing
GNU for a fee."  Besides, nowhere in the GNU manifesto does it claim
that the business models mentioned are the only possible ones for free
software.

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