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Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 16:09:44 -0600
From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
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To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
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Subject: Re: Some thoughts on advocacy (was: Slashdot ftp.cdrom.com upgra
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Rahul Siddharthan wrote:
> 
> This really seems way off-topic, which is why I've been keeping
> quiet. But since you ask: Cygnus contributes heavily to a lot of
> GNU software. In particular, they coordinate development of egcs,
> which Stallman has now blessed as the "official" gcc. They sell
> an enhanced platform called GNUPro, but nearly all of it is
> GPL'd, and all the GPL'd stuff is eventually publicly released.

No they don't.  They give away copies of GNUPro if you buy their
support contract.  You may think the difference is minor, but it
is not.


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Wes Peters                                                 Softweyr LLC
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