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Re:Bob Chassell has died by tjr on Friday July 07, 2017 @12:56PM (#14719932)
Some words from and about Bob at the end of this chapter:

http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/ch07.html

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Re:Bob Chassell has died by jordigh on Friday July 07, 2017 @01:09PM (#14720047)
His opinion on the GPL:

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/vaccination.en.html

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Re:Bob Chassell has died by davexunit on Friday July 07, 2017 @02:19PM (#14720715)
Thanks for this. This is the perfect page to link to the next time someone tells me that the GPL is "viral".
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Re:Bob Chassell has died by mixedCase on Saturday July 08, 2017 @01:22PM (#14726239)
His theft analogy seems to apply better to the LGPL and MPL than the GPL. The LGPL and MPL make sure that your work stays free. The GPL forces work that uses yours (in certain ways) to be held under the same standard, regardless of how it treats your work.
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