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From: minow@mountn.dec.com (Martin Minow)
Newsgroups: gnu.gcc
Subject: Re: Why mention jail?
Summary: Look on the bright side :-)
Message-ID: <301@mountn.dec.com>
Date: 18 Jun 89 17:01:02 GMT
References: <8906170447.AA00854@sugar-bombs.ai.mit.edu>
Reply-To: minow%thundr.dec@decwrl.dec.com (Martin Minow)
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Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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In article <8906170447.AA00854@sugar-bombs.ai.mit.edu> rms@AI.MIT.EDU writes:

>I'm not planning anything of the sort [illegal activity]
>	except continuing to develop
>compatible replacements for commercial software.  The question is
>whether that will remain legal.  If Apple, etc., are successful, there
>is a significant chance I'll someday have to choose between giving up
>on GNU, going to jail, and going into exile.

Of course, you could also sell out and sue Apple (and others) for violating
your own "look and feel" rights to windowing editors (Emacs), user-programmable
editors (Emacs again),  and online documentation (textinfo), to name just
a few innovations you might have "look and feel" rights to.

Somehow, I don't think that will happen.

Martin Minow
minow%thundr.dec@decwrl.dec.com