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>Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 23:46:41 -0400
>From: Richard Stallman <rms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: jeffg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>cc: cracraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: OpenGo source release status (from Jeff Greenberg)
>Reply-to: rms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>    The license is based on Netscape's license for the release
>    of their source code.  And it prevents "commercial use".
>
>That is two pieces of bad news.  The first one means that your code
>can't be linked with GPL-covered code; the second means that OpenGo is
>not even free software.
>
>The GNU project must accept your decision, but respecting it means
>we'll have to look for other people to work on free Go software.