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Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 12:27:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
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On Sun, 28 Apr 2002, Kiss The Blade wrote:
> 28/4/2002 15:47:43, Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca> wrote:
>
> >It already has, for years. Like it or not, certain questions/issues
> >*do* get raised. If the FAQ can capture at least some of these, it
> >saves bandwidth on the list.
>
> I think Linus actually does not want to endorse the FSF stance about how
> software must be ethically correct.

Right. Besides, as the whole notion of "free software" has very little to
do with the kernel, please just link to some open source site. One of the
more neutral ones is "http://www.debian.org/social_contract.html", for
example.

Remember: we're not the Judean People's Front, we're the People's Front of
Judea. Or maybe we're the Popular Front for the Liberation of Judea. I get
confused.

			Linus

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