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On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 22:05:55 +0000 (UTC), Tony Lawrence
<apl@shell01.TheWorld.com> wrote:

>JamesDad <mewnewsARROGANCE@mailandnews.com> wrote:
>>On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 12:44:57 +0000 (UTC), Tony Lawrence
>><apl@shell01.TheWorld.com> wrote:
>>>You might be right, of course, but it's their decision:
>>>http://aplawrence.com/Opinion/potluck.html
>
>>Tony, I'm honored to be quoted in your blog, but wouldn't an attribution
>>be appropriate? I'm referring to:
>
>>"Since you are enabling SCO to gain revenue (even through the support of a
>>legitimate product), you are by default one of the "bad guys", a
>>collaborator with SCO and a supporter of their lawsuits and legal threats,
>>an enemy of Linux and of open source software."
>
>>which I originally wrote in one of my posts in the thread "Re: Brian, I'm
>>Just Curious..." Don't want you to be accused of stealing "wetware code".
>>:-)
>
>Well, I had thought about attributing it to you, but that would have 
>made it look like you held that opinion, and to explain that you
>were only noting what someone else might say seemed to be more 
>trouble than it was worth.
>
>I suppose now Fyre or some other jackass is going to go ballistic
>because I'm "stealing words".

Well, to head that off at the pass, as the author of the quote in
question, I'll say that it's not THAT big of a deal. You DID at least put
the quote in italics, distinguishing it from what you wrote, which is
comparable to the guidelines you request of others when quoting your
stuff. Plus you posted the URL here so that I'd have a decent chance of
being aware of it. And it's not like you're profiting commercially from
the use of my comment. Given that, I'm not going to worry about it. It was
nice to me to see my writing style appreciated. And if "I'm* not worried
about it, then the others don't have much cause to squawk.

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