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From: peirce@claris.com (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: MPW C 3.0 code beautifier
Keywords: indent beautify tool MPW C
Message-ID: <10680@claris.com>
Date: 16 Nov 89 01:00:26 GMT
References: <318@hermix.UUCP> <10662@claris.com> <34304@cornell.UUCP>
Reply-To: peirce@claris.com (Michael Peirce)
Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara CA
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In article <34304@cornell.UUCP> kowalski@acacia.cadif.cornell.edu (Jeffrey Kowalski) writes:
>Why not get the one from GNU?  Geez, it's free, tastes great and is less
>filling!  Anonymous login to prep.ai.mit.edu, then cd to u2/emacs.  Bin
>get indent-1.1.tar.Z then uncompress and tar extract.
>Yes, there are one or two things to make the code work as a tool, but nothing
>major.  It was the first thing I ported to MPW.
>Mail me if you get stuck.  DO NOT pay ca. $300 for a formatting utility that's
>out in the PD.  Geez.
>
>Jeff Kowalski  (jeff@acacia.cadif.cornell.edu or AppleLink U1309)

GNU software IS NOT IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.  GNU software is covered by a
strange copyright, termed a "copyleft" by the GNU people.  

The GNU people have produced some nice software, but they have choosen not
to place it into the Public Domain.  Rather, they require anyone using it
to buy into their political philosphy.  By using GNU software you are
supporting their philosophy.  See the GNU groups on usenet about what that
philosophy is. (clue: they think intellectual property rights are wrong).

I have choosen to never use GNU software.  Others have choosen to do the
same.  Still others do support what GNU is all about and use GNU software.
But please don't treat GNU software as Public Domain software.  (They may
sue you if you violate their copyright).

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