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From: tmcwill@ukelele.GCR.COM (Thomas McWilliams)
Subject: Re: Summary of Linux vs. 386BSD vs. Commercial Unixes
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nate@cs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes:


>Who really likes GNU utilities, but hates the way alot of folks take
>other peoples programs and code, fix them and then don't make the
>changes 'completely redistributable;

I suppose you are referring to BSDI and BSD/386?  Or do you mean Sun?
Or DEC?  FSF/GNU protects your freedom. The FSF fights the software
hoarding that you dislike.
 
Thomas -- tmcwill@gcr.com