Re: [GNUnet-developers] Freenet 0.5

[Krista Bennett]

Brett Wooldridge hath spoken thusly on Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 05:47:33PM -0600:
> >It is my understanding that when gnet (the old project name) considered
> >becoming an official GNU app one of the things the FSF wanted was that it
> >not be written in java.
> > 
> >
> I find this rather hard to believe.  I've found nothing but pages that 
> support Java
> at GNU's site.  If FSF didn't support Java, they wouldn't issue press 
> releases
> like the following:
> 
> http://www.gnu.org/press/2001-06-18-GCC.pdf

Not to be antagonistic, Brett, but I've actually seen the request letter 
Stallman sent Christian. It was a request we had no problem complying 
with, and I assure you that Glenn is correct in his statement.

- Krista

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