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From: ag@cbmvax.UUCP (Keith Gabryelski)
Newsgroups: gnu.gcc
Subject: Re: GNU's not GNU...
Message-ID: <6396@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 24 Mar 89 17:17:53 GMT
References: <27674@apple.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: ag@cbmvax.UUCP (Keith Gabryelski)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <27674@apple.Apple.COM> jk@Apple.COM (John Kullmann) writes:
>FLAME ON.
>I think it is bullshit that just because Stallman has a bug up his ass about
>Apple's corporate policies and actions that the GNU project 
>will have nothing to do with A/UX. 

Look who has a bug up his ass.  Apple is 180 degrees away from what
GNU is trying to do, so there is no reason to have anything to do with
the A/UX project.  Infact, there is darn good reason for avoiding it.
After all, the only thing that could come of it is A/UX becoming a
little more popular because GNU's work has been ported to it.

>I was going to port over gdb, but fuck it if the GNU-nixs won't
>put my changes back into the offical GNU source.

You're free to distribute modified source code, provided the code you
distribute is still freely distributable, on you're own time and
money, you don't need FSF to spend its time and money to distribute
the modifications.  Possibly go the way of the `Apollo diffs'.

>It's bullshit to ignore and piss off us poor
>software peons just because you do not like Apple's corporate policy. It
>is self-defeating towards the goals that GNU is pursuing, and if you think
>that ignoring/rejecting us is somehow going to cause Apple to change its
>corporate policies you are living in a fantasyland.

What is problem with GNU sending out a message that they (we) are not
gonna put up with Apple's bullshit?  Well it's out and darn it if atleast
one person at Apple didn't hear it.

>So I guess GNU is freeware/copyleft/etc/etc as long as we all do what
>Stallman or the GNU-nixs want. Great attitude.

As was said, it still is free.  You have the right to ditribute modified
source code, but have no right to tell anybody else that they have to
accept it.

Pax, Keith

BTW, these are my opinions.  Commodore may not agree with them and
I am damn sure they won't try to copyright them!  What about Apple?

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Keith Gabryelski                                   ag@cbmvax.commodore.com