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From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
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Subject: Re: rms says...
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Date: 2 Feb 91 23:41:43 GMT
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In article <4678@lib.tmc.edu> jmaynard@thesis1.hsch.utexas.edu (Jay Maynard) writes:
>The difference is that Borland and Microsoft don't claim ownership rights in
>my software just because I used their libraries. The FSF does. (At least for
>now.)

That's why they're working on a separate license specifically for
libraries.  They realized that it was unreasonable to assert undue control
over your software just because you link with their library (just as they
don't have any control over software you edit with GNU Emacs).
--
Barry Margolin, Thinking Machines Corp.

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