Re: Proposal - non-free software removal

[Peter S Galbraith <p.galbraith@globetrotter.net>]

Steve Dunham <dunham@lambvindaloo.org> wrote:

> >  >Specifically which non-free packages don't have DFSG-compliant
> >  >replacements?
>
> I see "ilisp" and "ilisp-doc" in vrms, although it looks like the
> authors may consider GPL'ing it in the future:
> 
>    ILISP if freely redistributable. Eventually it may become part of GNU
>    Emacs and it will in that case comply with the GPL.

If ilisp is an Emacs interface, I wonder how it manages to do that
without a single call to an Emacs function.  If it does, it's a derived
work and *must be GPLed*.

Peter