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Re: Query about Help Needed

To: Mark Wielaard <mark at klomp dot org>
Subject: Re: Query about Help Needed
From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
Date: 04 Apr 2001 18:13:11 -0600
Cc: Per Bothner <per at bothner dot com>, java at gcc dot gnu dot org
References: <3AC8A5B5.16C19AC1@auc.trw.com> <m2hf076srp.fsf@kelso.bothner.com> <20010402214509.B6933@klomp.org>
Reply-To: tromey at redhat dot com

>>>>> "Mark" == Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org> writes:

Mark> A while ago I spoke to Richard Stallman about this and he
Mark> explained to me that the FSF didn't want to distribute an awt
Mark> implementation under the libgcj license since Kaffe already had
Mark> an GPLed version of java.awt and he didn't want to undermine the
Mark> Transvirtual business model by releasing a GPL+linking exception
Mark> version of the library.

Mark> Has anybody else talked about this issue with RMS?

I have.  When I talked to him about it, he refused to speculate about
what he would decide in the event that someone wrote a new AWT under a
libgcj-like license.

Tom

References:
- Query about Help Needed
  - From: James Schatzman
- Re: Query about Help Needed
  - From: Per Bothner
- Re: Query about Help Needed
  - From: Mark Wielaard

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