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@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ systems (including GNU/Linux) to serve files to Microsoft Windows systems.
Two graduate students originally developed Samba in their spare time and Two graduate students originally developed Samba in their spare time and
it was deployed noncommercially in academic environments\footnote{See it was deployed noncommercially in academic environments\footnote{See
\href{http://turtle.ee.ncku.edu.tw/docs/samba/history}{Andrew Tridgell's \href{http://turtle.ee.ncku.edu.tw/docs/samba/history}{Andrew Tridgell's
``A bit of history and a bit of fun''}. However, very ``A bit of history and a bit of fun''}}. However, very
soon for-profit companies discovered that the software could work for them soon for-profit companies discovered that the software could work for them
as well, and their system administrators began to use it in place of as well, and their system administrators began to use it in place of
Microsoft Windows NT file-servers. This served to lower the cost of Microsoft Windows NT file-servers. This served to lower the cost of
@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ counter to the goals of the GNU project. RMS invented ``copyleft'' as an
answer to that problem, and began using various copyleft licenses for the answer to that problem, and began using various copyleft licenses for the
early GNU project programs\footnote{RMS writes more fully about this topic in early GNU project programs\footnote{RMS writes more fully about this topic in
his essay entitled simply his essay entitled simply
\href{http://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.html}{\textit{The GNU Project}. \href{http://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.html}{\textit{The GNU Project}}.
For those who want to hear the story in his own voice, For those who want to hear the story in his own voice,
\href{http://audio-video.gnu.org/audio/}{speech recordings} of his talk, \href{http://audio-video.gnu.org/audio/}{speech recordings} of his talk,
\textit{The Free Software Movement and the GNU/Linux Operating System} \textit{The Free Software Movement and the GNU/Linux Operating System}
@ -767,10 +767,10 @@ In January 1989, the FSF announced that the GPL had been converted into a
``subroutine'' that could be reused not just for all FSF-copyrighted ``subroutine'' that could be reused not just for all FSF-copyrighted
programs, but also by anyone else. As the FSF claimed in its announcement of programs, but also by anyone else. As the FSF claimed in its announcement of
the GPLv1\footnote{The announcement of GPLv1 was published in the the GPLv1\footnote{The announcement of GPLv1 was published in the
\href{http://www.gnu.org/bulletins/bull6.html#SEC8}{GNU's Bulletin, vol. 1 \href{http://www.gnu.org/bulletins/bull6.html\#SEC8}{GNU'S Bulletin, vol 1,
no. 6, January, 1989}. Thanks very much to Andy Tai for his number 6 dated January 1989}. (Thanks very much to Andy Tai for his
\href{http://www.free-soft.org/gpl_history/}{consolidation of research on \href{http://www.free-soft.org/gpl_history/}{consolidation of research on
the history of the pre-v1 GPL's.}: the history of the pre-v1 GPL's}.)}:
\begin{quotation} \begin{quotation}
To make it easier to copyleft programs, we have been improving on the To make it easier to copyleft programs, we have been improving on the
legalbol architecture of the General Public License to produce a new version legalbol architecture of the General Public License to produce a new version