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From: nate@hobbes.intel.com (Nate Hess)
Newsgroups: comp.os.mach,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: Query: Status of Mach cleanout?
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Date: 22 Aug 89 15:09:42 GMT
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In article <1311000001@upba>, damon@upba writes:
[Someone who damon didn't mention writes:]

>> I hope this alpha testing finishes soon, and the freed MACH kernel can
>> be shipped to FSF and the world!

>I hope they finish soon also.  A freely distributable kernel is a much
>desired thing.  However, I am wondering about what restrictions FSF will
>place on it.  I can just see the ideologues puting a copyleft on it
>requiring any program run on the OS to be freely distributable.

I sincerely doubt that the FSF will do this; in fact, I don't think they
would be able to do it, just like they can't require that all files
edited with GNU Emacs be under the terms of the copyleft.

--woodstock
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