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[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

And then I heard that somebody at Carnegie Mellon University had a copy of that software. So I was visiting there later, so I went to his office and I said, “Hi, I’m from MIT. Could I have a copy of the printer source code?” And he said “No, I promised not to give you a copy.” He had signed a non-disclosure agreement.

"this is it kids, this is the moment, right here, where all the madness starts.... " time traveller viewing the birth of free & open source software

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

And now you can print from Linux without installing a driver from a cd