Re: Richard Stallman as Seen via the BBS Scene

Vir Campestris <[email protected]> Thu, 16 Feb 2023 12:23:30 +0000

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On 16/02/2023 02:33, John Levine wrote:
> As anyone familiar
> with the history of computing knows, nobody even attempted to
> copyright software until the mid 1960s, and the computer business did
> just fine in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s.

Back in those days there was no portable software.

IAC software was just a way to help sell the hardware.

Andy