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From: rms@WHEATIES.AI.MIT.EDU (Richard Stallman)
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Subject: ./etc/APPLE.  No Free Software for Mac users.
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Date: 26 Sep 88 21:41:26 GMT
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      Even if you want
    encourage people not to purchase Apple hardware in the future,
    please don't be too hard on "innocents" like me.

A victory for Apple would wipe out a large amount of future GNU
software.  The result would be that everyone would have the same
trouble you are complaining about now, only much worse and
permanently.  This is what I am fighting to prevent.

I'm sorry this fight inconveniences you, but I think it would be wrong
to stop fighting against permanent defeat for all software-sharers,
just to spare you for the duration of the war.  I hope you can think
of your inconvenience as your contribution to stopping Apple.