Re: Matt Assay Tells the Truth

[Hyman Rosen]

Rjack wrote:
> The X window system X10R3 was released in the spring of *1986* under the 
> MIT license.
>
> The GPLv1 wasn't written until February 1989. Richard Stallman was there 
> at MIT during the years 1986 - 1989 during which time he decided to 
> hijack the MIT license.

Ironic that you should mention X Window, since it illustrates
why software should be under the GPL. For a few months, before
community pressure foiled the plan, the X Consortium and the
Open Group tried to make X Window proprietary.

See <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/x.html>.