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Re: Objective C library, Free Software Foundation

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From: Fergus James HENDERSON
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 20:01
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trirex!taff@uunet.uu.net (Tom Affinito) writes:

>In article <BtLso6.5H4@world.std.com> gsk@world.std.com (Geoffrey S  
>Knauth) writes:
>> Quick Status
>> ------------
>> There have been several dozen positive responses (zero negative) to
>> the idea of creating a free software library containing Objective C.
>> 
>> Simson Garfinkel, Dave Pollak, Richard Stallman and I may meet next
>> week in Boston to determine a preliminary course of action.  Simson
>> and Dave and Dennis Glatting all have code to start this project
>> rolling.
>> 
>> I've also heard Cygnus Support may be interested in this project, or
>> they may have an existing project of their own.
>> 
>> This is for you, the public.  If you want to be heard, climb aboard.
>> -- 
>> Geoffrey S. Knauth, Marble Associates, Inc.                Member  
>BCS-NeXT, LPF
>> gsk@marble.com, (617) 891-5555 work, (617) 547-5247 home   Standard  
>Disclaimers
>
>If I use gcc and this library and runtime, will I be able to sell programs  
>I develop with it?

Yes.

>If the GNU source code license holds with regard to  
>the class library, then could there be problems for developers in this  
>regard?

There is a seperate license for libraries, to avoid these problems.

-- 
Fergus Henderson             fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU      
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Subject: Re: Objective C library, Free Software Foundation
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