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From: daven@svc.portal.com (David Newman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Gnu C Compiler for MPW Unchained!
Message-ID: <1990Dec6.194733.15312@svc.portal.com>
Date: 6 Dec 90 19:47:33 GMT
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In article <1990Dec5.202855.6434@eng.umd.edu>, russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T.
Russotto) writes:
> In article <BRIANJ.90Dec5010246@witsend.cs.umd.edu> brianj@witsend.cs.umd.edu (Brian Johnson) writes:
> >Are we taking advantage of the Free Software Foundation?  I think
> >YES:-(
> >
> >It bothers me to see FSF software on apple.com.  It's like beating Ghandi with
> >his own stick because you can.
> 
> FSF would be trying to have it's cake and eat it too.  You can't support the
> principle that 'software should be free', and then object when someone else
> takes your software and does something you don't like to it (like making
> a version for the Evil Company Of The Year).  You can't say that "Software
> should be free, except for supporters of Evil Company", and expect to get
> any recognition.

Here! Here! I too find FSF's attitude a bit contradictory.

-Dave Newman
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