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Article #63158Re: GNU development tools planned 4 NT?
From: Arthur Kreitman
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 1995 14:47
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 1995 14:47
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In article <D4wr43.1sG@oea.xs4all.nl> guest@oea.xs4all.nl writes: > The fact that you haven't released it (not even the binary) tells us > that you never intended to do so and whatever concession you tried to That statement is so far off base it isn't even wrong. The binary has been released, and there are no restrictions on its reproduction. > regard is the fact that you made it as difficult as you possibly can for > your customers to obtain even the source code they have a legal right > to. All of our customers can get all source code any time they want at no charge without asking us. And it requires no work on their part. It couldn't be much easier. > It is one the absurdities of life that a regular GNU basher like you is > making his living parasitizing off their hard work. And to add insult to Ah ha, one again, declared a "GNU basher" > injury, you are whining about the fact that they won't change their > long-held and carefully thought out principles for your sake. In other One of the hallmarks of a cult is the they don't allow the smallest deviation of opinion. The gpl is a long document subject to interpertation. The FSF just didn't believe that any interpertation but theirs could be valid. > words, you're not content to be a simple parasite but aspire to be a > parasitoid. > > Please understand that I don't really care if you release the source code > or not, but I do (intensely) dislike subterfuge. Subterfuge, you mean like hiding behind a guest account with no signature? -- ---- Art Kreitman Congruent Corporation artk@congruent.com 110 Greene Street 212-431-5100 New York, New York 10012 fax 219-1532
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,eb4b2d1d0e5776fb X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-03-07 09:10:55 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!psinntp!congrunt!artk From: artk@Congruent.COM (Arthur Kreitman) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: GNU development tools planned 4 NT? Message-ID: <ARTK.95Mar7094753@cc-color1.Congruent.COM> Date: 7 Mar 95 14:47:53 GMT References: <ARTK.95Feb26213117@cc-color1.Congruent.COM> <D4wr43.1sG@oea.xs4all.nl> Sender: news@Congruent.COM Organization: Congruent Corporation; New York, NY Lines: 53 In-reply-to: guest@oea.xs4all.nl's message of 4 Mar 95 08:48:02 GMT