Message-ID:	<B0000025705@nordhorn.de>
Date:	Thu, 30 Dec 1999 06:56:16 +0100
From:	Jens Luedicke <jens AT irs-net DOT com>
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Why did ID choose DJGPP for Quake?
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> Jens Luedicke <jens AT irs-net DOT com> wrote:

>>Commercial compilers require a special licence, which allows the
>>software firms to sell their software legally.

> Sorry, but that's nonsense.
Ok ;-)

> For me the "real" GPL looks more strict than the license of a
> commercial compiler: It requires you to release the source with your
> programs.
This is real freedom. Even if Microsoft would release their programs
with source, this wouldn't be the end for Microsoft. I think that the
majority of the Microsoft-Users have no idea about programming and
how to work with the sources.


Jens Luedicke <jens AT irs-net DOT com>  // YAPW32H
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