Wolfram/MMA & vendors refusing release on OS with source

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From: William G. Dubuque
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 18:42

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  From: roussel@physics.mcgill.ca (Harold Roussel)
  Newsgroups: sci.math.symbolic
  Subject: Re: MMA for Linux?
  Date: 8 Feb 1995 17:40:45 GMT

  Concerning a Linux version of MMA, well, there was a thread in the various
  *.linux.* newsgroups about it a couple of weeks ago.  I seem to remember
  that Wolfram would not develop for Linux because the source code of the
  OS was available to everybody, and people could hack the OS so that the
  license regulation stuff would be violated, etc, etc.  I don't remember the
  details.  You might want to send e-mail to wolfram about this.

This is quite disheartening if it is the start of a trend.

Does LPF take a stand on companies that refuse to release
their products on OS'es just because the source is available?

Clearly this could prove a serious impediment to free OS'es 
if this policy starts being adapted widely.

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From: wgd@zurich.ai.mit.edu (William G. Dubuque)
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