RE: tlug: RMS and Amazon...

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "Manu" == Manuel M T Chakravarty <chak@example.com> writes:

    Manu> "Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com> wrote,
    >> On the other hand I am told that there is blatant infringement
    >> of the GPL in Israel, and that Stallman refused to pursue it.

    Manu> If you mean the the MOSIX stuff - changes to Linux kernel
    Manu> proper not released as GPL - it took them a while, but
    Manu> finally they have also released it under GPL.

"Chigaimasu."  It was something FSF-assigned (nobody would expect RMS
to spend FSF resources without that), I believe a GNUPro-like[1] GCC
toolchain plus a thin veneer of RAD and GUI interface.


Footnotes: 
[1]  Not a Cygnus knockoff though, a homegrown derivative.

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