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Article #1320Re: ksh 11/16/88e now available in AT&T Toolchest
From: Rich Kaul
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 1990 18:03
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 1990 18:03
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In article <4140@lib.tmc.edu> jmaynard@thesis1.hsch.utexas.edu (Jay Maynard) writes: GNU stuff is *not* free. It costs something other than money, though: it costs your freedom to do as you like with your code if you include even a line of their code. $150 sure sounds cheap by comparison. Wait a minute. Engage brain before fingers. Just how much do you think it will cost you if you include any AT&T code in your product? Especially if you don't ask them about it first. Lawyers ain't exactly cheap. I believe that the statement is: the GNU stuff doesn't cost you anything to install. The AT&T stuff costs bucks and "doesn't work as well" (no comment on that last since I run the GNU stuff and haven't tried the AT&T stuff in ages). -- Rich Kaul | It wouldn't be research if we kaul@icarus.eng.ohio-state.edu | knew what we were doing.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!quanta.eng.ohio-state.edu!icarus!kaul From: kaul@icarus.eng.ohio-state.edu (Rich Kaul) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: ksh 11/16/88e now available in AT&T Toolchest Message-ID: <KAUL.90Oct2140330@icarus.eng.ohio-state.edu> Date: 2 Oct 90 18:03:30 GMT References: <1990Sep28.205053.16456@cbnews.att.com> <TOWFIQ.90Oct2112703@lcxserver.InterLan.COM> <4140@lib.tmc.edu> Sender: news@quanta.eng.ohio-state.edu Organization: Ohio State University Electrical Engineering Lines: 17 Nntp-Posting-Host: icarus In-reply-to: jmaynard@thesis1.hsch.utexas.edu's message of 2 Oct 90 16:02:23 GMT Originator: kaul@icarus.eng.ohio-state.edu