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- From: tom@smart.bo.open.de (Thomas Neumann)
- Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
- Subject: Re: Fund raising at the FSF
- Date: 5 Jan 1993 16:58:28 GMT
- Organization: News at smart
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- References: <9301021752.AA25483@life.ai.mit.edu> <1993Jan2.231845.18945@husc3.harvard.edu>
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- In-reply-to: tzs@stein.u.washington.edu's message of 4 Jan 93 03:55:58 GMT
-
- >>>>> Regarding Re: Fund raising at the FSF; tzs@stein.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith) adds:
-
- tzs> [...]
- tzs> I realize that something I need to do has been done in Microsoft
- tzs> Windows. I can't use the Windows source, however, because
- tzs> Microsoft has not shown it to me.
-
- tzs> [...]
- tzs> I realize that something I need to do has been done in GNU Emacs.
- tzs> I can't use the Emacs source, however, because the program I am
- tzs> working on is proprietary.
-
- tzs> Looks the same to me.
-
- Well, not quite the same. You can look at the emacs source and maybe
- learn something from it, heck, you might even steal(?) the idea how the
- code does it's magic and I bet RMS won't send his lawyers out to punch
- you because your program is also capable of "editing text in an interactive,
- keyboard driven way" or something like that. Try distributing a really
- market-smashing spreadsheet that uses Lotus-Style menus and you'll see what
- you'll get ...
-
- bye -- Thomas
-