Re: GNU tools for windows NT.

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From: Jim Kingdon
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 1995 19:18

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    FSF could grant special
    exceptions to the GPL if they want to *if* they are the sole
    owner.

Their ability to do anything of the kind is severely limited by the
language of the assignment contract, which obligates them to keep it
free and (roughly speaking, the language is shorter and different than
the GPL) copylefted.

IMHO, this is a feature.  It pretty much assures that the FSF can't
sell out even if they wanted to.

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