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From: daven@svc.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Don't use MPW GCC if you respect RMS's wishes
Message-ID: <1990Dec12.203009.27532@svc.portal.com>
Date: 12 Dec 90 20:30:09 GMT
References: <38833@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
Organization: Software Ventures
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In article <38833@nigel.ee.udel.edu> johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu writes:
>
>For the benefit of those of us who jumped in late, would someone
>mind translating the following acronyms / initials:
>
>FSF == "Free Software Foundation" ???
>GNU ==                            ???
>RMS ==  ...... initials .......   ???
>
>The issues are clearly of general interest; it is difficult to follow
>the thread without the specifics.  Forgive me if they are obvious.

Okay, here's how I understand these acronyms and initials...

FSF == "Free Software Foundation"
GNU == "GNU is Not UNIX"         <== a recursive acronym I'm told
RMS == "Richard M. Stallman"


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