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Re: The debate on Invariant sections (long)



On 17 May 2003, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:

> > I'd like to believe the former.  I think, deep down, that it's probably
> > the first on a conscious level, but it's the latter driving deep in the
> > psyche.  Can't totall fault that - one tends to get rather protective of
> > one's life's work...
> 
> Neither.
> 
> The Emacs manual contained non-free invariant sections long before
> Linux was a twinkle in anyone's eye.

That makes me even more worried.  It means that RMS must truly believe that
restricting useful freedoms is a good thing.

Oh how the mighty have fallen...


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