rms used to tell a story about NeXT approaching him to come to a deal to throw money at the FSF in order to avoid having to open source the Objective C gcc tool

rms used to tell a story about NeXT approaching him to come to a deal to throw money at the FSF in order to avoid having to open source the Objective C gcc toolchain. The FSF (predictably) refused. I wouldn't be surprised if the decision to go all-in on Clang was a reaction to a decade old grudge.