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In article <1992Jan31.023208.7079@uunet.uu.net> kyle@uunet.uu.net (Kyle Jones) writes:

>> I see.  So basically if I want to write a program which calls a GNU
>> program in any way, there's no way for me to know whether I'm "safe" unless
>> I hire expensive lawyers?
>> 
>> No wonder lots of companies won't touch GNU software with a ten foot pole.

> I think it's fabulously ironic.  Software companies hamstrung by
> greed.  They're sinners, unrepentent, Hell-bound.  Is it any
> surprise that the FSF turns a deaf ear to their screams?  A tit
> for tat and all that, eh?

Actually, the FSF probably receives its largest donations from
corporations which sell non-free software.  They likely sell hardware
too, but the reality is that the FSF can't determine where the money
comes from and doesn't try to in any visible way.  Thus, it is silly to
use terms like hell-bound to describe companies whose very 'ill-gotten
gains' may be a source of funding for the movement, since then,
regardless of any good intentions, the movement falls into the same
class as its benefactors.

This is not to say that I believe the FSF takes this tact, as I do not
believe that Kyle speaks for the FSF and I support the work they are
doing.

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