From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Another newbie question:  Watcom or DJGPP???
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 18:54:43 -0800
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To: Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT crl DOT com>
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Weiqi Gao wrote:
> 
> Just for arguments sake, you can't buy the DJGPP compiler either.

No, you can get the DJGPP compiler for free.  The last time I looked,
zero is the smallest price there is.  ;)

Take a look at the licensing documents of DJGPP when you next have a
chance.  I could download the source for each and every DJGPP tool and
utility and change it to my heart's content.  I could even redistribute
it if I wanted, save that under the GPL I would be obligated to
distribute the source code as well, I would have to give full credit to
DJ Delorie and the other developers for any work of theirs that I used,
and I couldn't call it "DJGPP".

But this is a nonsense argument, because the difference between Watcom
and DJGPP is that you don't need to buy _anything_ to improve DJGPP -
just get the source and submit the patches when you're done.  I foresee
that, because of this, someday DJGPP will have _everything_ that Watcom
currently boasts of, and more... and better.

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