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'Till There Was GNU

A Song Performed By Steven R. Champagne

there were applications
but I never saw their source code
no I never saw it at all
'till there was gnu

there were profits so high
it was all proprietary
all behind a corporate wall
'till there was gnu

then there were downloads
and wonderful mail lists
that informed me
with sweet contributions
from all, it's true

there was code all around
but I never heard of sharing
no I never heard it at all
'till there was gnu

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then there were downloads
and wonderful mail lists
that informed me
with sweet contributions
from all, it's true

there was code all around
but I never heard of sharing
no I never heard it at all
'till there was gnu

'till there was gnu

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Copyright © 2011 Steven R. Champagne

'Till There Was GNU by Steven R. Champagne is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

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