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- From: okeefe@cs.Buffalo.EDU (Paul O'Keefe)
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- Subject: Re: GNU copyleft (was: Summary: I'm faint!)
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- Date: 19 Dec 92 05:23:38 GMT
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- In article <keithley-181292171536@kip2-37.apple.com>, keithley@apple.com (Craig Keithley) writes:
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- > Unfortunately the GNU "copyleft" for GCC (and their varients of lex &
- > yacc), prevent me from using those tools for commercial work.
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- The GNU copyleft is much discussed and I don't wish to revive the debate here,
- but the above might lead some to believe that the commercial use of
- copylefted software will undermind thier property rights.
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- Several companies have include GNU stuff which thier products
- and I'm not aware that any have suffered as a result.
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- So, I suspect that it's Apple's conservative legal policy and not the copyleft
- that prevents Craig from using GCC.
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- -Paul O'Keefe
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