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- From: zeleny@husc10.harvard.edu (Mikhail Zeleny)
- Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,talk.philosophy.misc,misc.legal
- Subject: Re: FSF vs Apple -- please think again
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.160747.19249@husc3.harvard.edu>
- Date: 12 Jan 93 21:07:46 GMT
- Article-I.D.: husc3.1993Jan12.160747.19249
- References: <1993Jan12.161116.4263@maths.tcd.ie> <1993Jan12.173830.18153@ornl.gov>
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- In article <1993Jan12.173830.18153@ornl.gov> de5@ORNL.GOV (Dave Sill)
- writes apropos of the boycott of Apple by the FSF, allegedly initiated
- in order not to "waste FSF resources supporting a company with
- particularly anti-FSF business practices":
-
- >It's not a squabble. Please don't ask them (us) to compromise their (our)
- >beliefs for your convenience. You bought the Mac, implicitly supporting
- >Apple's business practices--now live with your decision. Keep the Mac and
- >forget GNU software or replace the Mac. The choice is yours.
-
- How interesting. I would like to find out to find the extent to which
- the Foundation's pursuit of its beliefs in this matter conflicts with
- its tax-exempt status, insofar as it surely contradicts its alleged
- charitable ends. Is there a lawyer in the house?
-
- >--
- >Dave Sill (de5@ornl.gov) Computers should work the way beginners
- >Martin Marietta Energy Systems expect them to, and one day they will.
- >Workstation Support -- Ted Nelson
-
-
- cordially,
- mikhail zeleny@husc.harvard.edu
- "Les beaulx bastisseurs nouveaulx de pierres mortes ne sont escriptz
- en mon livre de vie. Je ne bastis que pierres vives: ce sont hommes."
-