Re: About the GNU's project's path (Please let them under /usr/gnu )

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From: David J. Camp
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1992 03:46

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In Reply to this Note From: <Kevin Johnson>
>
>>>>>> On 16 Mar 92 12:01:01 GMT, mhiroshi@tansei.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp (mhiroshi) said:
>
>> 1) The base path should be "/usr/gnu" like "/usr/ucb"
>>    rather than "/usr/local" since GNU's software is not
>>    just PDS but is Free Software that has different copyright(copyleft)
>>    policy than the others.
>
>'local' != 'pds'

The base path should be /usr {/bin /include /lib}.  The FSF as
distributor of the entire operating system should place the bundled
code in the place normally used by vendors.  The /usr/local path is
for things added from independent sources.

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