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Re: Lack of Cygwin contributors? Was: How is textmode/binmode determined ...
DJ Delorie wrote:
> > That's absolutely right. We own Cygwin. The FSF, as I understand it,
> > was actually not interested in the product.
>
> I don't think the FSF wants to end up owning the world of free
> software, either. There are a lot of GPL'd projects, the FSF owns a
> very tiny percentage of them. They just happen to own some of the
> most visible ones.
>
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If I were guessing (I am), then I would guess that the FSF wasn't very
interested in getting mixed up with a proprietary OS. Seems to me that
that's a reasonable position for them to take. CygWin is sort of the
opposite of WINE (which I would also guess they wouldn't be too interested
in).
OTOH, since both of these projects aim at bringing freedom into a formerly
locked area, neither of them is exactly something the FSF shouldn't be
involved with. I would guess that this is a matter of choosing the
allocation of resources.
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