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Re: Updates to etc/MORE.STUFF
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Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
Re: Updates to etc/MORE.STUFF |
Date: |
Mon, 25 Aug 2003 11:20:52 -0400 |
The would mean that you can only distribute GPL elisp programs? I
don't think that is true.
The GPL wouldn't apply to a program just for being written in Elisp.
However, if it uses non-language features of Emacs, that's a different
case. So I don't know whether that particular program violates the
GPL. However, whether it violates the GPL or not, if it's non-free
we should not be promoting it by telling people about it.
How does this "linking" happen?
Our position is that a program designed to call and be called by the
features of Emacs is an addition to Emacs.
What if
the elisp runs in XEmacs?
XEmacs is a modified version of Emacs, and is GPL-covered too, so I
don't think its existence changes the issue.
What if it runs via the common-lisp
library Sam Steingold wrote?
Sorry, I don't know anything about that library.