Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!dkuug!iesd!iesd.auc.dk!fischer From: fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars P. Fischer) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: rms says... Message-ID: Date: 29 Jan 91 19:31:13 GMT References: <21327@yunexus.YorkU.CA> <4607@lib.tmc.edu> Sender: news@iesd.auc.dk (UseNet News) Followup-To: comp.misc Organization: Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Aalborg Lines: 34 In-reply-to: jmaynard@thesis1.hsch.utexas.edu's message of 29 Jan 91 16:24:03 GMT >>>>> On 29 Jan 91 16:24, jmaynard@thesis1.hsch.utexas.edu (Jay Maynard) said: Jay> This still means that I cannot afford to have any GPV-protected Jay> code on my computer, since I cannot risk having the source of Jay> some of my income tainted by association with GPV code; whether Jay> or not it's infected by the GPV, I can't afford the legal Jay> representation I'd need to defend my rights in my programming. Interesting. Companies such as Commodore, Data General, NeXT, etc, are able to handle the problem (they all distribute GCC, DG and NeXT as the *only* C compiler for their system). Do you have the same problem with having SysV source code, or other properitary information? Jay> This is a real shame, as there are good tools that are not Jay> acceptable only because of the licensing, and it's far more Jay> likely that I'll be able to reimplement them more easily than I Jay> could convince their authors (even those not directly associated Jay> with the FSF, such as Larry Wall) to license their code under Jay> non-utopian terms. GPL is not utopian. It works. DG contributed a 88k port to GCC. That was the *price* they had to pay in order to use and distribute GCC with the AViiON. A healthy deal for all parties involved. Jay> Oh well. So much for gcc, bash, perl, smail 3,... Sure. You're free *not* to use these tools if you like. /Lars -- Lars Fischer, fischer@iesd.auc.dk | Beauty is a French phonetic corruption CS Dept., Univ. of Aalborg, DENMARK. | - FZ