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- From: anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber)
- Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
- Subject: Re: Dylan supported by GNU in future ?
- Date: 16 Dec 1992 18:58:15 GMT
- Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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- In article <F7LVVB14w165w@mantis.co.uk> mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk> writes:
-
- >GNU has a history of locking people (both developers (GPL, Apple boycotts,
- >etc.) and users) to a closed universe.
- >
- >But of course, that's *completely* different, because it's a universe *you*
- >like. Right?
-
- The GNU universe can follow me about wherever I go in the unix world.
- Parts of it can follow me about the MS-DOS, VMS, and even Macintosh
- world. That's a closed universe? The Apple universe stays right where
- Apple can control it best. Any bits and pieces that manage to get away
- from Apple's clutches are hunted down and killed by Apple's lawyers.
-
- The Apple boycott is quite voluntary, there is nothing that the FSF can
- do to anyone (except possibly "fire" volunteers, which they haven't
- done) who doesn't boycott Apple. Is being forced to use gcc because
- it's the only decent compiler on some platforms the FSF's fault? The
- FSF doesn't prohibit use of gcc by anyone. The use of the GPL is
- voluntary, only code that developers which to be part of GNU need have
- the GPL. Code not part of GNU does quite well on it's own. Has the
- FSF put anyone out of business? Would the FSF sue any company beyond
- code copyright? Suits are in any case not in the FSF's best interest,
- it does not have much resources and would probably lose. Suits are in
- Apple's best interest as it has much resources and often wins. Apple
- only loses against similarly large, powerful companies.
-
- The issue just isn't proprietary vs open, litigious vs coopertive, it's
- also the corporate monolith vs the little guy.
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