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Article #1886Re: Request For Comments: Sunday Times article
From: Mister Eponym
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 00:00
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 00:00
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On Sat, 26 Apr 1997 09:20:40 GMT,
Dave Pearson <davep@hagbard.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>On 26 Apr 1997 02:29:56 +0200, Olaf Titz <olaf@bigred.inka.de> wrote:
>> Nicolai P Guba <nicolai@bigbro.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> > Here is what comes with every emacs distribution from the FSF.
>> > 88: Where can I get Emacs for my Apple computer?
>> > The FSF is a participant in a boycott of Apple because of Apple's "look
>> > and feel" copyright suits. See the file etc/APPLE for more details.
>>
>> This file (etc/FAQ from emacs) is outdated, FSF have announced an end
>> to the Apple boycott (and the etc/APPLE file was removed).
>
>However, looking in my 19.31 directory on my Linux box, while
>etc/APPLE has been removed, etc/FAQ stills requests that people don't
>help port software to, or, develop software for Apple computers.
>
>I'm not saying that the boycott is still in place, only that the
>message is confusing.
Before I installed Linux, I got the 95 version, 19.3x (not sure which
v. exactly, but it was the latest) ISTR there wasn't any stuff about
any Apple boycott. etc/APPLE is missing on my Linux box also.
I propose that they forgot to change the FAQ.
Dom
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