bob@allosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield) (03/20/88)
In article <1569@osiris.UUCP> mjr@osiris.UUCP (Marcus J. Ranum) writes: |In article <1348@hoqax.UUCP> twb@hoqax.UUCP (BEATTIE) writes: |]In article <3367@psuvax1.psu.edu>, schwartz@gondor.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz) writes: |]> Free Software Foundation, Inc. |] ^^^^ |]> send a check for |]> about $150 (your prices may vary.) |] ^^^^ |] |]Huh? | |Almost like "military intelligence", eh ?? That's a tape duplication and shipping fee. You're welcome to get the same software, like {\em lots} of other folks do, for the price of a UUCP phone call to Columbus, Ohio. See my periodic postings to comp.sources.d, or write me for a copy of the instructions. If you can convince a friend who already has some GNU software to spin his drives for you, you can get it for the cost of a drive across town with a tape in your hand (plus maybe a beer after work, which is my usual fee :-). In all cases you're paying for the transport mechanism, not for the software, which is indeed free. It depends upon whether you prefer to support the goals of your long distance vendor or the goals of the FSF with your check, and which is easier to justify to your local bean counters. -=- Bob Sutterfield, Department of Computer and Information Science The Ohio State University; 2036 Neil Ave. Columbus OH USA 43210-1277 bob@cis.ohio-state.edu or ...!cbosgd!osu-cis!bob