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From: coolidge@casca.cs.uiuc.edu (John Coolidge)
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Subject: Re: GNU tools on Mac OS?
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Date: 28 Mar 90 21:53:16 GMT
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es2q+@andrew.cmu.edu (Erik Warren Selberg) writes:
>tell me, since Apple is making Gnu C, are they taking the philosophy of
>public domain and making GNU C free?  8)

They would have to, unless they want to provide the long-awaited and
feared test case against the FSF (given the look-and-feel boycott,
maybe it would be appropriate). The Gnu Public License requires that
changes made to Gnu code have to be released if the changed version
is distributed. I suspect that Apple will be happy to comply with
the license, so both Gnu C and the source changes should be free.

--John

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