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In article <C17L6C.CEI@javelin.sim.es.com> WPORTER@130.187.170.178 (WENDELL PORTER) writes:
>Does GCC exist for the Macintosh, and if so, where can I find it?

Uh oh... I can just hear FSF now... "Slowly I turned... Inch by inch, step by
step I crept..." But that's another humorous skit.

Unless you can find a way to get apple to 1) stop making software patents,
2) stop suing on the basis of look-and-feel and 3) make a commitment that
they won't ever do it again, there will be no ports of GCC to the Macintosh
supported by GCC's authors. Even if apple does all three above, there _still_
might not be an officially supported port.

To FSF: _Exactly_ what else will it take?

jimlynch@netcom.com (Jim Lynch) writes:
>Unless you can find a way to get apple to 1) stop making software patents,
>2) stop suing on the basis of look-and-feel and 3) make a commitment that
>they won't ever do it again, there will be no ports of GCC to the Macintosh
>supported by GCC's authors. Even if apple does all three above, there _still_
>might not be an officially supported port.

is this because the FSF people believe that they will get sued for 
porting it or because the FSF want to punish apple?


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In article <1993Jan22.001351.10205@netcom.com> rbp@netcom.com (Bob Pasker) writes:
>jimlynch@netcom.com (Jim Lynch) writes:
>>Unless you can find a way to get apple to 1) stop making software patents,
>>2) stop suing on the basis of look-and-feel and 3) make a commitment that
>>they won't ever do it again, there will be no ports of GCC to the Macintosh
>>supported by GCC's authors. Even if apple does all three above, there _still_
>>might not be an officially supported port.
>
>is this because the FSF people believe that they will get sued for 
>porting it or because the FSF want to punish apple?

My opinion is the latter. Unfortunately, the only ones they punish is mac
users. What they say is that the FSF wants there to be freedom for programmers
to write what they want. This is a _political_ agenda. I agree with the goal,
however if FSF/LPF does not contact Clinton within the next month, my respect
for their political views will be knocked down a peg or three.