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From: aho450s AT nic DOT smsu DOT edu (Tony O'Bryan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: GRX v2.0 Font(s) Distribution (.FNT files) and Copyright text
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 19:49:40 GMT
Organization: Southwest Missouri State University
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On Sun, 16 Feb 97 02:40:44 GMT, gautam AT interlog DOT com (Gautam N. Lad) wrote:

>others can enjoy it.  I just feel that if I had something really valuable, I 
>would like to share it, but not give it away.  It's nothing about sensitity or 
>being ripped off, it's just that I feel this way about programs I make.  
>Depending on the complexity and the time I spent on it, I would give it away 
>if it were simple.  Since this one isn't, I WON'T give it away.

I used to feel this way about my own work (up until just a few months ago,
actually).  Considering all the work done by those who made GCC/DJGPP available
to us for free, I felt very selfish for not giving something back -- especially
when my software contains code snippets contributed by those in this newsgroup
who are giving all this (software and help) freely.

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