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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
- Path: sparky!uunet!tmc!shawn
- From: shawn@monitor.com
- Subject: Re: Do you want free objects from FSF?
- Message-ID: <Bt95AH.9vt@monitor.com>
- Sender: shawn@monitor.com (Shawn Broderick)
- Reply-To: shawn@monitor.com
- Organization: Monitor Company / IE
- References: <1992Aug20.033858.2089@prim>
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 22:32:40 GMT
- Lines: 23
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- Dave Griffiths writes
- >As for a binary object library coming under GNU licence conditions, this
- >is a _bad_ idea because it shuts out commercial developers and thus
- >ultimately hurts the consumer. I mean suppose someone went and developed
- >AREXX for the NeXT and then slapped a GNU licence on it - it would be
- >useless because no commercial apps would be able to use it.
-
- Perhaps this discussion should move to c.s.n.advocacy, but.....
-
- I think that any entrant into this marketplace is exciting and should be
- encouraged. Competition is healthy. If there are good FREE objects out
- there and folks start using them and NeXT's popularity increases then
- there'll be demand for RESALEABLE objects for use in COMMERCIAL apps.
-
- I don't agree with the FSF's philosophies or the LPF's philosophies on
- what software should and shouldn't be to people, but I do think that FSF
- could provide a great jump-start in this arena, and it would benefit
- everyone in the long run.
-
- Go Geoffrey, Go Richard. Make it happen.
-
- Shawn Broderick
- shawn@monitor.com
-