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Article #1382Re: Dylan supported by GNU in future ?
From: Russell McOrmond
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 21:20
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 21:20
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In a previous article, johnm@cory.Berkeley.EDU (John D. Mitchell) says: >In article <F7LVVB14w165w@mantis.co.uk> mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk> writes: >[...] >>I count at least three definitions of the word "free" in that single >>paragraph. Either you're trying to pull a fast one or you're genuinely >>confused -- which? > >Please get a clue, 'free' means different things in different contexts. We can wish for many things, but Mathew getting a 'clue' is not likley to ever happen. I read his messages in amusement, and find that he is a good example of the 'mentality' (Mental case?) that encourage the existance of destructive companies like Apple in the first place. >Except that GNU/FSF's 'universe' is *much* larger and they are very up >front and honest about their goals/positions. Apple has a very long and I myself use the GNU public licence in the software that I write, and I make use of many GNU based utilities (Emacs, diff,RCS, etc - Soon GCC) and I don't even run Unix at this point at all. Funny, for a closed universe it does seem to encompase pretty much everything. -- Russell McOrmond, Ottawa Ontario, Canada | Standard Disclaimer applies. Freenet: aa302@freenet.carleton.ca (Faster) | Current WELMAT 'keeper of Home: rwm@Atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca, 1:163/109 | sources.
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Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!torn!nott!cunews!freenet.carleton.ca!Freenet.carleton.ca!aa302 From: aa302@Freenet.carleton.ca (Russell McOrmond) Subject: Re: Dylan supported by GNU in future ? Message-ID: <1992Dec16.212018.25054@freenet.carleton.ca> Sender: news@freenet.carleton.ca (News Administrator) Reply-To: aa302@Freenet.carleton.ca (Russell McOrmond) Organization: The National Capital Freenet References: <1992Dec16.200510.8310@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <1992Dec15.183835.20173@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <F7LVVB14w165w@mantis.co.uk Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 21:20:18 GMT Lines: 34