Re: "official" FSF position on apple

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From: Michael John Haertel
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 20:22

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In article <1992Sep15.185227.2692@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee) writes:
>Why _does_ the FSF allow its software to be ported to Apple machines, even if
>it refuses to do so itself?  Why doesn't the GPL contain a statement that
>licenses you to use the program only if you not only make source available
>with binaries, but also agree not to port the program to an Apple machine?

I should think it would be self-evident.  To include such restrictions
in its licenses would be for FSF to indulge in exactly the kind of software
licensing that it was founded to oppose.

For the FSF to simply refuse to port its software to Apples is perfectly
reasonable and in no way against the FSF's charter.

There's a big difference between:
	"We refuse to support Apples, and we encourage you not to either."
and:
	"We refuse to support Apples, and furthermore we absolutely
	 forbid you to run our software on them."

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