Re: Free Software Users == dupes ?

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From: Preston Briggs
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 1990 07:06

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In article <804@eedsp.eedsp.gatech.edu> baud@eedsp.UUCP (Kurt Baudendistel)
>In article <MIKE.90Mar28135129@turing.cs.unm.edu> mike@unmvax.cs.unm.edu

and several other have posted wondering how they can distribute
object compiled under gcc without distributing the source.

How much sympathy do you expect?

You seem to be content to use tools given to you by
the FSF, but you are unhappy with the goals of the FSF.
You use and modify gcc, which represents a huge effort
in design, programming, distribution, and support;
but you connive to avoid publishing your own source.

Doesn't everyone sneer at lawyers for similar conniving?
The spirit of the FSF is clear: no object without source.

--
Preston Briggs				looking for the great leap forward
preston@titan.rice.edu

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Subject: Re: Free Software Users == dupes ?
Summary: letter of the law vs. the spirit
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