Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!bionet!ig!arizona!cjeffery From: cjeffery@arizona.edu (Clinton Jeffery) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: GNU runtime libraries. Message-ID: <13188@megaron.arizona.edu> Date: 11 Aug 89 16:33:35 GMT References: <878@umb.umb.edu> Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson Lines: 17 From article <878@umb.umb.edu>, by karl@umb.umb.edu (Karl Berry.): > ...When the standard C runtime library is released, it will most likely be > copylefted, and programs linked with that will be considered GNU-derived, > and so will be subject to the copyleft...If you think copylefting software > is wrong, that's your prerogative, but there is no need to state your > opinion again; it has been expressed many times in the last few weeks. Oh, I don't know, the volume of confused, angry postings from people is probably one more useful measure of GNU's policies. Redundancy is useful. And copylefting all works linked with the GNU runtime library is like copylefting all files edited with GNUemacs. It makes the tool unusable by the general public, and usable only by FSF. P.S. I love the GNU project too... -- | Clint Jeffery, U. of Arizona Dept. of Computer Science | cjeffery@arizona.edu -or- {noao allegra}!arizona!cjeffery --