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Subject: Re: im.py: a python communications tool
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On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Mark Janssen <dreamingforward@gmail.com> wrote:
> In the case of free (libre) open source
> software, such a case would have no merit, because such software never
> promises anyone *anything*.

If that is the case, it's because the software license explicitly says
so - which is the reason for all those uppercase words in those
licenses. Which brings us right back to where we started.

ChrisA