[techtalk] Free FrameMaker beta for Linux

Fri Feb 25 21:23:01 EST 2000

On Fri, 25 Feb 2000 16:29:41 -0500, Caitlyn Martin <caitlyn at netferrets.net> said:

>I think I need to point out that Adobe is one of the companies
>funding the lobbying in favor of UCITA.  I don't often agree with
>RMS, but he is 100% correct when he calls UCITA the greatest threat
>to Free / Open Source software today.

No, he's not.  UCITA is not a substantial threat to free software at
all.  If anything, UCITA would _strengthen_ the GPL.

I oppose UCITA, but not for its provisions related to software.  As
far as copyright issues go, UCITA mainly ratifies current decisional
law.

Kelly

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