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From: mal@coyote.draper.com (Mark Lamourine)
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Subject: please don't use Motif
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Date: 5 Mar 91 14:42:59 GMT
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  In article <9102242245.AA14675@mole.ai.mit.edu| rms@MOLE.AI.MIT.EDU (Richard Stallman) writes:

    |In particular, if your program turns out to be a useful tool, the fact
    |that it uses Motif will make it useless for the GNU project.

  Likewise, if you use GNU in your tool, you will make it useless for
  many people in industry.

    |So use a free toolkit instead, and write a program that everyone can use.

  I agree with this suggestion, but wish to point out that FSF software is
  not "free."  If you use FSF software, then you will not have a program
  that everyone can use.  If you want to meet the goals stated in the first
  reply, you'll need to restrict yourself to using public domain software.

OK folks, Enough is enough, alright already? This is help-g++ not
alt.flame (or the at least potentially appropriate gnu-misc-discuss).
Jim, we've heard you're arguments and their counters repeatedly. If
you don't like GNU software (or policies), don't use it, and leave
those of us who do in peace.

please?

- Mark
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