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To: Air Cap Linux Users Group <aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [aclug-L] RMS on APSL
From: "Clint A. Brubakken" <cabrubak@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 11:28:34 -0600 (EST)
Reply-to: aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx

This is no real surprise, RMS is always much stricter with the
Free-Software title, then anyone else. 

He did up the point that everyone else missed, they only open sourced the
part that noone needs any more, the base drivers, and such (we already
wrote them ourselves)

Clint


On Sun, 21 Mar 1999, Nate Bargmann wrote:

> Perhaps this is old news by now, but I just got back in town.  Linux
> Today has Richard M. Stallman's assessment of the Apple Public Source
> License here:
> 
> http://linuxtoday.com/stories/4263.html
> 
> <OPINION>
> Is it me, or has Eric S. Raymond left the reservation?  I find his
> championing of the APSL disturbing to say the least.  Is he in the
> process of "turning to the dark side" and becoming a Darth Vader to
> haunt us in the future?
> </OPINON>
> 
> - Nate >>
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