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codezero on April 23, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Learning VIM while playing a game

Instruction and service are some of the cornerstones of mainstream open source. No, it's not something RMS is a fan of, I believe, but it's what has allowed companies like Red Hat, and Canonical to stay alive, and to employ a large number of open source contributors.

vog on April 25, 2012 [–]

> not something RMS is a fan of, I believe

He's not, indeed, but that's why the GFDL was created. [1]

Interestingly, the GFDL is designed to be appealing to commercial publishers. [2]

[1] http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-doc.html

[2] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-gfdl.html

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