Re: Summary: I'm faint! I just saw the price for MPW!

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From: Michael Stoodt
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 17:26

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In <1992Dec16.132756.20642@gssec.bt.co.uk> agauld@gssec.bt.co.uk (Alan Gauld) writes:

>A small point but I don't think Stallman has anything against Macs. 
>Its Apple he doesn't like (and anyone else who throws copyright suits 
>around)... Since Apple are thus hindering development of quality software he
>doesn't believe they should be able to use "his" (ie GNU) software. I'm not
>sure I agree with him but I do respect his views and ponder the morality of
>porting GNU stuff to Apple platforms when the authors would rather it wasn't
>done... Shouldn't the "porter" just go out and write his own?

The "Free" in Free Software Foundation means that people have the
right to do whatever they want with the source code as long as any
changes they make are made available under the same terms.  Stallman
et. al. can not impose any restrictions without undermining their
entire philosophy; all they can do is ask, and anyone is perfectly
free to say "Bbbtthhhh".

-- 
Michael A Stoodt  [MaS]      |        mumble mumble disclaimer mumble...
stoodt@cis.umassd.edu        | "Will the last person to leave the planet
Comp&InfoSci, UMassDartmouth |  please turn off the sun?" - Mike Resnick

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