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Re: Linux'95 final release
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Thu Mar 9 06:11:08 1995
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 1995 10:56:58 +0200
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
To: linux-activists@niksula.hut.fi, linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
X-Mn-Key: announce
From: torvalds@cc.helsinki.fi (Linus Torvalds)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
Subject: Re: Linux'95 final release
Organization: University of Helsinki
References: <3jjvmc$j2j@kruuna.helsinki.fi>
Keywords: It's a JOKE, really!
Approved: linux-announce@news.ornl.gov (Lars Wirzenius)
Followup-to: comp.os.linux.misc
In article <3jjvmc$j2j@kruuna.helsinki.fi>, I wrote:
>Ok, the final release of Linux'95, also known among those in the know as
>"v1.2.0" is now out. After the extensive beta-release-period, Linux'95
>is reality.
>
>Before you get Linux'95, I'd like to outline the Licensing stuff, and
>remind you that copyright infringement is a crime.
[ actual license spoof deleted ]
Before I get even more worried mail, I guess I'd better state here on
c.o.l.announce that YES, THIS WAS A JOKE. THE COPYRIGHT ON LINUX HASN'T
CHANGED, AND ALL IS WELL. THERE ARE NO LICENCING FEES.
Just to make you feel even safer: if there actually existed anything
like a "Auto-Licensing Software", don't you think Microsoft would have
used it already? And the "automatic deduction of the licensing fee from
your bank account" should also have made you a bit suspicious. I don't
think any major banking facilities would be open to that suggestion from
me, damn their cold little hearts ;-)
I thank those of you who did notice that it was a joke, and sent
encouragment to "ivemoney@linux.helsinki.fi". Dear Bill Gates, your
mail was very appreciated, and I'm sure we can come to an understanding.
Linus
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