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From: Paul Gettle <pgettle@********.NET>
Subject: Re: "Free" Software (was: Euro question)
Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 15:17:17 -0400
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At 02:56 PM 5/1/98 -0500, SwiftOne wrote:
>Uh huh. And how many people pirate software, use mp3's, copy
>videotapes, and otherwise bootleg stuff? Nice theory, but reality
>seems to be on my side here.

Which reality in particular, 1998, or 205X?

- From everything I've read in the sourcebooks, living as a citizen of
an extraterritorial would be similar to the experience of living under
a totalitarian regime. A benevelent one, I'll grant you, but still.

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