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- From: jimlynch@netcom.com (Jim Lynch)
- Subject: Re: gcc for the mac?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.025139.743@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
- References: <C17L6C.CEI@javelin.sim.es.com> <1993Jan21.231842.27391@netcom.com> <1993Jan22.001351.10205@netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 02:51:39 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.001351.10205@netcom.com> rbp@netcom.com (Bob Pasker) writes:
- >jimlynch@netcom.com (Jim Lynch) writes:
- >>Unless you can find a way to get apple to 1) stop making software patents,
- >>2) stop suing on the basis of look-and-feel and 3) make a commitment that
- >>they won't ever do it again, there will be no ports of GCC to the Macintosh
- >>supported by GCC's authors. Even if apple does all three above, there _still_
- >>might not be an officially supported port.
- >
- >is this because the FSF people believe that they will get sued for
- >porting it or because the FSF want to punish apple?
-
- My opinion is the latter. Unfortunately, the only ones they punish is mac
- users. What they say is that the FSF wants there to be freedom for programmers
- to write what they want. This is a _political_ agenda. I agree with the goal,
- however if FSF/LPF does not contact Clinton within the next month, my respect
- for their political views will be knocked down a peg or three.
-