> Of course a problem was that in 1984 the modern importance of free software wasn't really apparent.
Perhaps it wasn't apparent widely, but it was certainly clear to MSFT and IBM. IBM lawyers at the time refused to allow RMS to come speak at the Watson lab where I worked, because of his ideas about free software.
Perhaps it wasn't apparent widely, but it was certainly clear to MSFT and IBM. IBM lawyers at the time refused to allow RMS to come speak at the Watson lab where I worked, because of his ideas about free software.