From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!skynet.be!skynet.be!ossa.telenet-ops.be!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!nreader3.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: free software as a delivery vehicle for lisp References: <87u1r3hzkh.fsf_-_@becket.becket.net> <87pu1rhypm.fsf@becket.becket.net> <87zo0ubupg.fsf@becket.becket.net> <877knyblrk.fsf@becket.becket.net> <63637457.0203270542.1628e4a3@posting.google.com> <87ofh6ug8d.fsf@kursk.kas <3ffeab35.0204011837.25186afd <87bsd0aqws.fsf@nkapi.internal> <87pu1fizkt.fsf@photino.sid.rice.edu> <3226904609253326@naggum.net> <87n0wjs3tt.fsf@becket.becket.net> <3226946480134694@naggum.net> <87k7rm3gsa.fsf@becket.becket.net> Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3226998907585314@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 14 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 12:34:51 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@KPNQwest.no X-Trace: nreader3.kpnqwest.net 1018010091 193.71.199.50 (Fri, 05 Apr 2002 14:34:51 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 14:34:51 MET DST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:31100 * Thomas Bushnell, BSG | Since the patent system is a *bargain* that the body politic strikes, "we | give you a monopoly, if you give us the details of how it works", it's | reasonable for both sides to bargain for the best deal they can in that | bargain. The public gets the product at all. /// -- In a fight against something, the fight has value, victory has none. In a fight for something, the fight is a loss, victory merely relief. Post with compassion: http://home.chello.no/~xyzzy/kitten.jpg