Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!tale From: tale@pawl.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Why I do not support GNU Message-ID: <1989Oct23.003249.8906@rpi.edu> Date: 23 Oct 89 00:32:49 GMT References: <8910160520.AA01740@sugar-bombs.ai.mit.edu> <47006@bbn.COM> <4792@internal.Apple.COM> <132@euteal.ele.tue.nl> Distribution: gnu Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY Lines: 13 In <132@euteal.ele.tue.nl> plato@ele.tue.nl (plato) writes: plato> Many more people (including me) would use the gnu stuff it it plato> was supported by their computer company. Unfortunately, since plato> some wierd person has invented the copyleft, no firm supplies plato> the gnu software. This is not true; NeXT, for example, does ship GNU software with its machines. At least one other company does too but since I can't remember the name I won't take a guess at it now. Dave -- (setq mail '("tale@pawl.rpi.edu" "tale@itsgw.rpi.edu" "tale@rpitsmts.bitnet"))