Re: Handspring, gcc and ignoring the gpl

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From: Tom Whittaker
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 00:00

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Till Harbaum <harbaum@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de> wrote in message
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> "Tom Whittaker" <whittaker@home.com> writes:
<smip>

> I don't expect them to have everything lying around distribution
> ready all time. But they decided to use gpl software (noone enforces
> them to do that and there are excellent commercial palm compilers
> out there) and there is no reason for them not to follow the gpl
> rules.
>

I have to admit, see the GNU letters but not being able to get the source
is unsettling. I hope Handspring does the right thing.

Tom

> Once a company starts breaking the gpl just a little bit, the
> next one will perhaps do it just a little more ...
>
> Ciao,
>   Till

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Date: 1999/10/19
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