🚀 go-pugleaf

YES - it certainly has been free for me.

Reading the recent series of griping about the Gnu copyleft has rankled
me enough to want to post a few comments.  I have been able to obtain (from FSF)
a dandy C-compiler, assember, and other utilities "free - just like air".
Of course I have access to the Internet (and someone is paying the bills)
but I view that a lot like interstate highways - the tax dollars pay for it
and I get to use it.  So tell me where else I can get my hands on a free
680x0 C compiler, with or without source code?  Of course, I have no intention
of incorporating gnu software in some product for resale.  And what right
would I have to profit from someone elses work??  It strikes me as the height
of ingratitude for people to gripe about the minimal restrictions the FSF
places on what they give away.  Get a C-compiler from DEC or Microsoft or Sun,
and see if you get the source code or any rights to redistribute it under
any terms whatsoever.  If you want to distribute software and make a profit
from it, you should write it from scratch and avoid the Gnu source code.

I say all this not because I am a loyal "gnuite" or some such thing.
I just appreciate how access to the gnu software has helped me.

BTW  It ain't public domain if the source code ain't public domain.
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	Tom Trebisky	ttrebisky@as.arizona.edu	(Internet)
	Steward Observatory	University of Arizona	Tucson, Arizona