On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 05:15:04PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 04:38:04PM -0400, Glenn Maynard wrote: > > So, you don't need an extreme example. It's perfectly valid for one to > > take Emacs, link it against OpenSSL, and distribute binaries, as long as > > OpenSSL doesn't accompany it. > In the U.S., at least, "linking it against OpenSSL" probably counts as > "accompanying it", even if the binaries for the OpenSSL library do not > appear on the same distribution media as the binaries for Emacs. Why? The plain-English meaning of the phrase "accompanies the executable" would imply no such thing, and would in fact appear to be contrary to the intent of this part of the license. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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