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Richard Stallman Quotes: Copying all or parts of a program is as natural to a programmer as breathing, and as productive. It ought to be as free.
         

Copying all or parts of a program is as natural to a programmer as breathing, and as productive. It ought to be as free.


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By the way, I hope you all know about the worldwide boycott of Coca Cola company for things like murdering union organizers in Colombia. See the site killercoke.org.



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