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Article #73136Re: LPF boycott of Apple
From: Bill Johnston
Date: Sun, 03 Nov 1991 23:55
Date: Sun, 03 Nov 1991 23:55
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In article <BURLEY.91Oct28123545@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu>, burley@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Craig Burley) writes... >In article <5288@tamsun.TAMU.EDU> n138ct@tamuts.tamu.edu (Brent) writes: > >Note how (last I checked) Apple does _not_ distribute gcc or g++ with MPW; > > No, I don't think Apple distributes it. However, MPW "modules" for gcc and > g++ are available on ftp sites, including ftp.apple.com. (G++ may not be > at apple.com) I figured that. It's kind of a "trick" observation, that Apple doesn't distribute GNU stuff with any of its software -- I think the reason might have to do with the copyleft requirement that the entire sources be provided, including the file COPYING and whatever else might be saying bad things about Apple and describing the boycott. The only "trick" here is a repeated attempt to misrepresent, from someone who obviously hasn't bother even to check the facts. All of the GNU stuff on ftp.apple.com is includes the GPL docs VERBATIM, including the "bad things about Apple." This takes about 2 minutes to verify. The GNU ports to for aux are available on ftp.apple.com in /pub/gnu. The stuff for the MPW shell are on /info-mac/lang on sumex.stanford.edu. -- Bill (johnston@minnie.me.udel.edu)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,b610a4bf6a30f853 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-11-04 03:22:34 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!zeus.ieee.org!sdd.hp.com!wupost!udel!minnie.me.udel.edu!johnston From: johnston@minnie.me.udel.edu (Bill Johnston) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: LPF boycott of Apple Message-ID: <3NOV199118554994@minnie.me.udel.edu> Date: 3 Nov 91 23:55:00 GMT References: <27OCT199111500712@minnie.me.udel.edu> <5278@tamsun.TAMU.EDU> <BURLEY.91Oct28123545@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu> Sender: usenet@ee.udel.edu Organization: University of Delaware/Department of Chemical Engineering Lines: 25 Nntp-Posting-Host: me.udel.edu News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41