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Re: Fund raising at the FSF

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From: Bengt Larsson
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 18:42
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In article <2B4BC9F1.666E@tct.com> chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg) writes:

>I propose that a software system can have either industry acceptance
>or GPL coverage, but not both.  I make one exception: software
>development tools.  After all, tools are by and large obtained at
>specific programmer request, and programmers love source code.

I agree with this. Gcc is the prime example, and Emacs the next-to-prime
example. In fact, they feed on each other, you need a compiler to
compile Emacs and an editor to edit the compiler source code :-)

But when "users" are involved... No.

Bengt.
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