Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site newton.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:pur-phy!newton!crl From: crl@newton.ARPA (Charles R. LaBrec) Newsgroups: net.emacs Subject: GNU & Permissions Message-ID: <140@newton.ARPA> Date: Mon, 1-Jul-85 18:17:01 EDT Article-I.D.: newton.140 Posted: Mon Jul 1 18:17:01 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Jul-85 07:35:32 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Physics Dept., Purdue Univ., W. Lafayette, IN Lines: 19 I thought I'd just put my two cents worth in on this issue. This is not the first time that Gosling's code has been distributed. I just checked and, sure enough, there was the display driver in the Maryland windows package, skull and crossbones and all. It even carries Gosling's copyright. I do not know to what extent it was modified, or whether the author of the package got permission to distribute it, but I don't remember any discussion about legal issues back then (1-2 yrs ago, I think). Does this have any relevance on GNU? By the way, as an avid user of EMACS, I have used/tried Montgomery's, CCA (based on Montgomery's), Gosling (before Unipress), TOPS-20, CCA (current), and GNU. By far, the best two of those above were TOPS-20 and GNU. I found both Gosling's and CCA's too slow, and their lisp not sufficient for my needs. (GNU is even so good that I think I might be losing my longing for a good TECO!). Charles LaBrec crl @ purdue-newton.ARPA