On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 05:49:19PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 11:19:52 -0700
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) wrote:
> > And best of all nano is free software while pico/pine fails the DFSG
> > test.
> 
> Wasn't that how nano came about? A free replacement for a non-free but
> popular editor?

Yes. If you dig back in the archives of debian-legal you'll find the
initial discussions that led to its creation.

Cheers,

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [EMAIL PROTECTED]


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