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From: m5@lynx.uucp (Mike McNally)
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: DG ships 'gcc' by default
Message-ID: <6357@lynx.UUCP>
Date: 10 Oct 89 15:49:39 GMT
References: <1989Oct10.020742.9735@telly.on.ca>
Organization: Lynx Real-Time Systems, Inc., Campbell CA
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evan@telly.on.ca (Evan Leibovitch) writes:

>I am curious. Has Data General made any contribution to the FSF in thanks
>for allowing DG get away without developing its own compiler? Does the DG
>system use GNU or AT&T libraries (if GNU, then I assume the compiled
>binaries are subject to copyleft).
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Huh?  Compiled binaries, linked with (hypothetically) DG's own library,
subject to (sounds sorta negative; how about "blessed by") copyleft?

If my confusion demonstrates unforgiveable ignorance, then unforgive
me.






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