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From: rich@sli.com (Rich K. Braun)
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: compromise GNU license
Keywords: compromise GNU license
Message-ID: <1989Sep7.193118.11757@sli.com>
Date: 7 Sep 89 19:31:18 GMT
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Reply-To: rich@sli.UUCP (Rich K. Braun)
Organization: Software Leverage, Inc. Arlington, MA
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In article <...> butcher@g.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Lawrence Butcher) writes:
>Right now the only thing keeping GNU software from sweeping the industry is
>the set of limitations the GNU license places on it's use.

Have you checked recently?  The GCC compiler is taking the world by storm,
and G++ is very likely to.  FSF has received attention in the _New York
Times_ and in the _Boston Globe_, and clients of my company have begun to
ask about GNU products.

Indeed, the biggest threat to Ultrix, the OSF, and the Sun/BSD operating
systems may turn out to be the FSF whenever it releases a full-fledged
operating system.  I'm just hoping it puts forward some completely new
ideas, rather than just being another Unix clone.

-rich