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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: The GNU license.
Message-ID: <5209@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 23 Jul 89 23:46:04 GMT
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Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
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In article <873@umb.umb.edu>, karl@umb.umb.edu (Karl Berry.) writes:
> Peter's remark that ``this makes Bison useless for commercial software
> developers'' is true (at least as long as commercial software developers
> don't want to let people see their source). But rms started GNU to
> promote free software, not to help people who want to hoard software.

I'll let the derogatory terms pass...

So, can I take it that the FSF folks will stop asking us commercial software
developers why we don't use GCC? It gets awfully irritating to have them
rave on about how good the GNU software is and put down folks who don't use
it on the one hand, and deny us the use of it on the other.

Deal?

> distributing only object code for his/her program, source for the GNU
> libraries, and having the user do the link. Let's not get sidetracked.)

Come on, that's hardly workable.

> If someone bases a program on GNU software, and does not make the result
> freely available under the copyleft, but rather hoards it then it is
> likely that they will be sued.

Bingo.
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