Please, no free publicity for proprietary software

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2 total messages Started by Richard Stallman Sun, 28 Oct 1990 21:26

#272

Author: Richard Stallman
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 1990 21:26

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A recent request for information had the following statement:

    Freeware/PD is fine so is $$'s.

The "$$" appears to be a request for information about possible
non-free software.

Please don't use the GNU mailing lists to give or request information
about proprietary software.

It's reasonable to discuss how to make GNU software work on a given
proprietary system, because then the GNU software is the real topic.
But if the topic goes farther afield, it is off the subject of the
mailing list as well as at odds with the purpose of the whole GNU
project.

Re: Please, no free publicity for proprietary software

#273

Author: Stephen Ayers
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 1990 09:35

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In article <9010282126.AA19888@mole.ai.mit.edu> edc!axion!ukc!mcsun!uunet!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!AI.MIT.EDU!rms rms@AI.MIT.EDU (Richard Stallman) writes:
 >>A recent request for information had the following statement:
 >>
 >>>    Freeware/PD is fine so is $$'s.
 >>
 >>The "$$" appears to be a request for information about possible
 >>non-free software.
 >>
 >>Please don't use the GNU mailing lists to give or request information
 >>about proprietary software.
 >>
 >>It's reasonable to discuss how to make GNU software work on a given
 >>proprietary system, because then the GNU software is the real topic.
 >>But if the topic goes farther afield, it is off the subject of the
 >>mailing list as well as at odds with the purpose of the whole GNU
 >>project.

You are correct. I was mistaken post that type of request to a GNU
group. My apologies to the FSF.

I have found the GNU C/G++/Lib to be of great value and superior quality
where I have used them on internal projects. I am now beginning to produce the
actual product and find due to licensing issues I must find another class
library. This is quite frustrating.

I don't think I am alone in this area. Without a usable class library the
usefulness of the GNU C++ compiler is greatly reduced.

-- 
Stephen Ayers
Atex European Development Centre, A Kodak Company
sda@epps.kodak.com | {sun,uunet,kodak}!atexnet!sda  | ..!ukc!edc!sda
+44 506 41 6778

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