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From: jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: A laptop NeXT + FSF NeXTstep
Message-ID: <130178@gore.com>
Date: 11 May 91 06:45:19 GMT
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Reply-To: jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore)
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> In article <282AE226.3250@deneva.sdd.trw.com> thomsen@spf.trw.com (Mark
> R. Thomsen) writes:
>    NeXT give NeXTstep to FSF? This would be a wonderful, weird thing.
>    How likely is this?

/ comp.sys.next / petrilli@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Chris Petrilli) / May 10'91/
> if we had
> Ghostscript up and going 100%, I'de say it'de be a 50/50 chance.

But NeXT doesn't have to give it to FSF.  It can simply distribute it under
the GNU General Public License.

And I agree that this would be a shrewd move, especially paying off when
GNU the system becomes reality.

Jacob
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