GCC 3.4.0 build failed on interix3

Robert Dewar dewar@gnat.com
Fri Apr 23 04:57:00 GMT 2004


> >> 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.

I think that it is a mistake to rehash this argument. If you look at the
quote levels above, I think you can tell who started the rehashing :-)



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