Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!shebs From: shebs@Apple.COM (Stan Shebs) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Gnu C Compiler for MPW Unchained! Message-ID: <11512@goofy.Apple.COM> Date: 13 Dec 90 17:21:53 GMT References: <1990Dec11.210748.29010@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1990Dec12.154832.5894@eng.umd.edu> Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA Lines: 18 In article <1990Dec12.154832.5894@eng.umd.edu> russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) writes: >I think rms et al have shown that lots of good software can be written without >compensation, though I'd love to know how they do it... The general idea is that you get paid to write software that someone needs and is willing to pay for anyway, but doesn't care about trying to make a profit from it. This is commonplace in universities and in DoD+contractor environments, so the bottom line is that your state and federal taxes support GNU. (Note that the GNU Manifesto proposes a national Software Tax, although given the govt's record on using tax money, I suspect that the proceeds would go to building faster Unix kernels rather than some crazy notion like a friendly user interface that non-programmers could use! Gasp! The very idea!) Stan Shebs Apple ATG System Software shebs@apple.com