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- From: johnm@cory.Berkeley.EDU (John D. Mitchell)
- Subject: Re: Dylan supported by GNU in future ?
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- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 20:05:10 GMT
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- In article <F7LVVB14w165w@mantis.co.uk> mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk> writes:
- [...]
- >I count at least three definitions of the word "free" in that single
- >paragraph. Either you're trying to pull a fast one or you're genuinely
- >confused -- which?
-
- Please get a clue, 'free' means different things in different contexts.
- That why I put the word in quotes. I expect people to think about what
- I've said rather than just blasting away. Some people are perfectly
- content with totally proprietary solutions. Many people like markets like
- the PC/DOS world where there is so much competition that they can get what
- they want for great prices. Some people demand totally free sofware that
- they can whatever the hell they like with. Note that the example of 386BSD
- is misleading since most of the code is copyrighted by the U.C. Regents
- (it's just happens to be very open which is the same thing as 'free' to
- many people :-).
-
- [...]
- >GNU has a history of locking people (both developers (GPL, Apple boycotts,
- >etc.) and users) to a closed universe.
-
- Except that GNU/FSF's 'universe' is *much* larger and they are very up
- front and honest about their goals/positions. Apple has a very long and
- checkered history. I never said that GNU/FSF was necessarily the 'right'
- thing/way to do things. I just find that GNU/FSF have some integrity
- whereas Apple has very little (IMO).
-
- >But of course, that's *completely* different, because it's a universe *you*
- >like. Right?
-
- I disagree with some facets of the GNU/FSF way of things. So what? That's
- my right. I don't use there stuff in places where I'd like to so I end up
- going elsewhere. Peaceful, respectful disagreement is part of life.
-
- John
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