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Re:Richard Stallman’s rider by officemonkey on Thursday October 27, 2011 @05:31AM (#3162277)
Comparing the two is a bit like comparing Thomas Paine to Thomas Edison.

Stallman created a movement. A movement that largely predicted the ways technology and society interact. I think in 100 years people will still using the GPL. I can't say that about the iPod.

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Re:Richard Stallman’s rider by maximusprime on Thursday October 27, 2011 @07:18AM (#3162503)
BS. Free software existed well before Stallman.
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Re:Richard Stallman’s rider by DanBC on Thursday October 27, 2011 @08:01AM (#3162603)
Do you have any examples please?
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Re:Richard Stallman’s rider by ghaff on Thursday October 27, 2011 @09:45AM (#3162976)
The first BSD work predated GNU by a good seven years.
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Re:Richard Stallman’s rider by officemonkey on Friday October 28, 2011 @07:37AM (#3167851)
The first BSD license is not Copyleft.
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