Re: GNU philosophy[was Re: Hurd on VMware ?]
The problem is that it's not legally secured. It's a cover-your-ass
thing. And I think that stallman is a bit rabid on this, but don't kill
me for this...
On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Daniel Burrows wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 03, 2000 at 06:13:05PM -0700, Jim Franklin was heard to say:
> > Hi folks,
> > This question has touched on philosophy whether we wish it to or not.
> > This is the reason I stopped using Xemacs and started using emacs even
> > though I prefer Xemacs. I am not perfect as far as use "free" software
> > is concerned and my job requires me to use "non-free" operating systems
> > and software as well
> [snip]
>
> Huh? Is there some reason that xemacs is not free software?
> The copyright file in the Debian package claims it's under the GPL, which
> would make sense since it's derived from emacs sources.
>
> Daniel
>
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