Re: [h-e-w] Problem with fresh emacsw32 install

[Rex Dieter]

Lennart Borgman (gmail) wrote:
> I think the most userfriendly way to handle this is a special page saying 
> where the sources are. ...
> IMHO it is a weakness in the GPL not requiring this. (If I am wrong then 
> please point me to the exact part of the GPL that requires this.) 

There's lots of info on that in the GPL FAQ, but this seems to be most
relavent:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#TOCSourceAndBinaryOnDifferentSites

> BTW there is a much, much bigger defiency in the GPL in that it does not
> require that working instructions for compiling the sources should
> distributed with the sources (or at least a link to such instructions).

GPL says the scripts, etc... used to generate the binaries is considered
part of the "source" requirements, which kinda-sorta handles that case:

"...The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for
making modifications to it. For an executable work, complete source code
means all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any
associated interface definition files, plus the scripts used to control
compilation and installation of the executable. "

-- Rex