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From: beard@ux5.lbl.gov (Patrick C Beard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Gnu C Compiler for MPW Unchained!
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Date: 12 Dec 90 21:15:14 GMT
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In article <tv0jnrrhma@visix.com> amanda@visix.com (Amanda Walker) writes:
#In article <BRIANJ.90Dec5010246@witsend.cs.umd.edu>, 
#brianj@witsend.cs.umd.edu (Brian Johnson) writes:
#> It bothers me to see FSF software on apple.com.  It's like beating Ghandi with
#> his own stick because you can.
#
#It's more like arguing with Ghandi.  Providing free access to GNU software
#is not exactly beating GNU with a stick, now, is it?  Whether or not GNU
#is pleased is a separate issue.

Exactly.   What would you rather see, Apple keep MPW GCC to themselves?  That
would be software hoarding.  I would say that Apple in some small way is going
along with FSF's intentions.  I think it definitely benefits all of us.

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