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Re: enough! (was Re: Intel+Cygnus+Optimized Compilers)
- To: Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh at usa dot net>
- Subject: Re: enough! (was Re: Intel+Cygnus+Optimized Compilers)
- From: Alexandre Oliva <oliva at dcc dot unicamp dot br>
- Date: 03 Mar 1999 04:21:45 -0300
- Cc: egcs at egcs dot cygnus dot com
- References: <3.0.6.32.19990228074237.008ad140@pop.globalserve.net> <3.0.6.32.19990227013111.0089a980@pop.globalserve.net> <Pine.BSF.3.96.990227020433.7848Z-100000@cygnus.rush.net> <3.0.6.32.19990228074237.008ad140@pop.globalserve.net> <3.0.6.32.19990302115045.00939100@pop.globalserve.net>
On Mar 2, 1999, Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh@usa.net> wrote:
> At 11:13 AM 3/1/99 -0800, you wrote:
>> *EXPECTING* free software, rather than *APPR#ECIATING* it is a far more
>> soul muddying concept.
> Expecting free software from something that calls itself the "free software
> foundation" would appear to be perfectly reasonable.
The `free' in FSF is like in `free speech', not `free beer'. It does
not advocate against charging for software, it advocates against not
giving others the freedom to improve on your work.
Furthermore, GNUPro is a Cygnus product, and Cygnus is not the FSF,
despite the fact that they contribute a lot to the Free Software
community.
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Alexandre Oliva http://www.dcc.unicamp.br/~oliva aoliva@{acm.org,computer.org}
oliva@{dcc.unicamp.br,gnu.org,egcs.cygnus.com,samba.org}
Instituto de Computação, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP, Brasil