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On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:32:04 -0400 "Martin Owens" <[hidden email]> wrote: > There would be no GNU? that is quite a statement and I'd like it if > you can back that up with something. > > BSD might have been the best thing since slice bread but the license > is an academic idealism and doesn't protect the user or the authors. > If BSD had been available resulting in no GNU the world would not have > a free os at all. GNU actually existed back in the 1980s (1985 is when Stallman started selling GNU Emacs). But, it is difficult to speculate on what would be i there was no Linux. In 1985 there was a BSD, but that was licensed through AT&T. -- -- Jerry Feldman <[hidden email]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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