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From: myknees AT aol DOT com (Myknees)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: patches GPL your software?!?!? rediculous!
Date: 10 Jan 1998 00:52:15 GMT
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In article <199801090232 DOT VAA18036 AT delorie DOT com>, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
writes:

>Frankly, I don't concern myself with legal issues and such.  I'm
>a
live-and-let-live kind of guy.  I don't profit from djgpp, so you
can't
>hurt my profits.  I have no incentive to stop you from doing
whatever you
>want, and plenty of incentive to get you to cooperate
with djgpp development.
>However, just in case some jerk wants to play
legal-beagle with djgpp, I want
>the biggest stick I can get to beat
him over the head with.


Firstly, at risk of stating the obvious, I would just like to say that I am
very grateful for D.J.'s generosity and hard work, and his non-commercial
viewpoint.

Also, it seems that it would be easy enough to simply buy a commercial compiler
if the GPL is a problem.  Unless I'm missing something, the main reason to want
to avoid distribution of the source code to a program is the protection of
financial interests in that program, so commercial would be the way to go--pay
to play--give a little, get a little.  Otherwise, share a little.  I'd like the
opportunity to learn from the source.

--Ed (Myknees)
ow how complete any of
these packages are; I am just pointing them out.

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