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Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 08:43:34 -0500
From: David McKee <david DOT mckee AT rtp DOT gtegsc DOT com>
Organization: GTE (My views are my own)
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To: Leath Muller <leathm AT solwarra DOT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au>
CC: Sam Speel <sam AT devin DOT org>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Req: DOS/DJGPP Quake Makefile
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Leath Muller wrote:
> 
> > Paul (or anyone else who reads this thread),
> > Would you be so kind as to post the source to this group?  We
> > unfortunates who weren't able to track down the source would still
> > like to get to look at.  I don't even need to build the thing... just
> > purely curiosity.
> 
> > Anyone feeling uncomfortable about posting the source could always do
> > so anonymously...
> 
> How about not posting the source? Its, like, completly illegal? Let alone the
> fact that it would go through DJ's server, which I am sure he would love...
> (sarcasm folks). Carmack, Abrash et al spent 18 months on that code, give em
> a break by not posting the source eh?
> 
> Leathal.

Finally some sanity about this topic.  As much as I am a fan of free
software and don't mind contributing myself, I still have very large
disagreements with some of the philosophies of Dr. Stallman and the 
FSF in general...ie: that there is no such thing as intellectual 
property.  If I work 18 months on code or 18 months digging a ditch,
I ought to get paid for it (if it's something that people want).  If
I am willing to do the work for free, then thats fine, but it should
be the choice of the person who did the work.

Last time I looked, quake was still consumer product for sale.  Mr.
Abrash has given much free stuff away, I think he has a right to make
as much money as he can or wants to make on quake and anything else
he creates.  How much is too much?  That is a moral question that
only Mr. Abrash can answer for himself.

At least that is my opinion.

-- David T. McKee: 
-- Think: Innovative Science Learning Systems
--                 Physics, Electrical Science, Computer
--                 Science, Natural Science, Theology
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