[rescue] Re: Being jobless

[vance at neurotica.com]

On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez wrote:

> > > > You are assuming nothing else would have come up.  This is a
> > > > classic, and incorrect argument.
> > >
> > > Acutally, not to be nitpicky but yours is the wrong argument: when
> > > making assumptions about what never happened and arguing with them
> > > against what actually did happen: what actually did happen wins :).
> > > Heh, one should
> >
> > No, you are second-guessing history.
>
> Really? stating historical facts == second-guessing history. What gives?
>
> Reality: GPL -> GNU tool set.
>
> Nobody has forced people to use GPL if they desired to release a GNU
> like environment of programming tools (by like I mean in functionality).
> Thus far in 20 or so odd years I can see a loooooong list of GNU like
> tool environments for free, right? So I why am I second guessing
> anything?

Just because the GNU toolset is GPL doesn't mean the GNU toolset wouldn't
exist without GPL.  Where is that proven?

Peace...  Sridhar