[103688] in Cypherpunks
RE: GPL & commercial software, the critical distinction (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Choate)
Thu Oct 1 18:55:30 1998
From: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
To: cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 17:35:07 -0500 (CDT)
Reply-To: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
Forwarded message:
> From: Matthew James Gering <mgering@ecosystems.net>
> Subject: RE: GPL & commercial software, the critical distinction (fwd)
> Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 15:15:18 -0700
> Show me an example of an unregulated coercive monopoly whose source of
> monopoly power is not ultimately the government.
The Mafia. The handful of world-class coke dealers. Your local church.
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