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Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 10:38:25 +0100 (MET)
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
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On Sat, 4 Jan 2003, Richard Stallman wrote:
>     I have the freedom to use Linux and ClearCase. If closed source modules
>     were to be disallowed, it would be illegal for me to use this configuration,
>     and I would be forced to use HP-UX or Solaris, and not Linux.
> 
> You can't have freedom while using ClearCase, because it is non-free
> software.  What we really need is a free replacement for it.  Will
> people write one?  Our main influence on whether people do this is by

People are already working on it: http://www.advogato.org/proj/Katie/

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

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