Re: GNOME vs GNU gcc & glibc

[Kent Perrier <kent perrier pgs com>]

Sergio Brandano wrote:
> >Yes.  On a modern Unix or Unix-like system, pretty much all programs
> >depend on outside code and libraries.
> 
>  Well, it should not.

All software applications depend on an operating system to provide basic
I/O 
services.  GNOME shouldn't be reinventing the wheel when it comes to
these services.

> 
>  GNOME is part of the GNU project, which aims at free software. This
>  is a very general statement but, in principle, what happens if one of
>  those non-GNOME programs become commercial software?
>

Then GNOME will use the latest free version, and extend it as needed.
 
Kent
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