GCC 3.4.0 build failed on interix3

Christopher Faylor cgf@alum.bu.edu
Fri Apr 23 03:48:00 GMT 2004


On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 08:42:29PM -0400, Robert Dewar wrote:
>> Yeah, I think I brought it up and RMS made a ruling.  I still don't
>> quite understand the logic involved since, at the time, this was an
>> add-on to the operating system that had to be purchased separately.
>
>The fact that a component of an operating system is unbundled does not
>mean that it is not part of the operating system.

Do you really want to rehash this argument again?  The point is that it
is "separate" and that it is "purchased".  GNU tools were being used to
help the sale of a separate proprietary component of Microsoft NT.

That was my objection but as I said, it is now, er, "of no practical
importance".

cgf



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