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| | USENIX ;login: - Interview with L. Peter Deutsch |
 | | Peter Deutsch, as the author of Ghostscript, has done what very few people have managed to do: he has managed to work on a project of his choosing, to release it as free software, and to do so while generating a sufficiently positive cash flow that he can now consider retirement. |
 | | Peter: The free rider problem is when someone is allowed to package free software in nonfree or less-free bundles, and that's precisely the area of the GPL that I thought I needed to do something about in making the Aladdin license, so the AFPL originally prohibited all commercial distribution on removable computer media. |
 | | Peter: I would like a lot more people in the community to be aware of the cost, the difficulty, and the perceived value of having polished software: software that is well tested, well documented, and well supported. |
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