[104126] in Cypherpunks
Re: GPL & commercial software, the critical distinction (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James A. Donald)
Sat Oct 10 18:58:31 1998
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 15:20:04 -0700
To: Steve Mynott <stevem@tightrope.demon.co.uk>,
Matthew James Gering <mgering@ecosystems.net>,
"Cypherpunks \(E-mail\)" <cypherpunks@cyberpass.net>
From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
In-Reply-To: <19981009102419.B29483@tightrope.demon.co.uk>
Reply-To: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
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On Thu, Oct 08, 1998 at 04:14:32PM -0700, Matthew James
Gering wrote:
> > The Mafia has had two primary characteristics: a) the
> > use of force
At 10:24 AM 10/9/98 +0100, Steve Mynott wrote:
> wouldn't this characteristic define the mafia as a "state"
> to some degree?
A state is merely a mafia that has succeeded in crushing its
competitors by force.
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