• mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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    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