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Date:      Thu, 13 Dec 2001 11:48:11 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Andrew Kenneth Milton <akm@theinternet.com.au>
Cc:        FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   GNU Kernel (was: [OT] RMS Suing was [SUGGESTION] - JFS for FreeBSD)
Message-ID:  <20011213114811.D3448@monorchid.lemis.com>
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On Wednesday, 12 December 2001 at 20:30:17 +1000, Andrew Kenneth Milton wrote:
> +-------[ Terry Lambert ]----------------------
>>
>> RMS has indicated a willingness to sue people distributing bipartite
>> distributions, where the linking is delayed until installation to
>> work around the letter of the GPL.  Given his religious convictions,
>> I can't see him *not*.  Factor that into your decision.
>
> Just to balance this point out;
>
> Only the copyright holder can do this, what code of any significance has
> RMS contributed recently to this or any other project where this would be
> a consideration?
>
> Not everyone has the religious conviction of RMS. In 1983 RMS promised a
> kernel for GNU too, it hasn't arrived yet.

Sure it has.

Greg
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