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From: nli!jym@APPLE.COM
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Subject: Re: Why I do not support GNU
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Date: 26 Oct 89 16:28:34 GMT
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In article <SJA.89Oct21175221@sirius.hut.fi>, sja@sirius.hut.fi (Sakari
Jalovaara) writes:
> No, IBM and Apple are not about politics.

Life is about politics.  Both IBM and Apple wish to lock their
 users into their products.  Just because such is that _status_
  _quo_ doesn't mean it's not politics.

> Because not only did Gandhi break the law for his beliefs,
> so did his murderer.  How am I to know which laws to obey?

That's up to you.  It is anyhow.

> I'd also suggest there are contributors to GNU who only want
> to share their work and work on a free operating system but do
> not completely agree with FSF's policies such as boycotting.

It would be pretty foolish to work on an operating system that
 has the "look and feel" of Unix without being somewhat opposed
  to the "look and feel" lawsuits.  If you don't think a boycott
   is the correct approach to this, by all means suggest something
    better.
     <_Jym_>