Re: Licensing, was elvis package
On Sun, Apr 26, 1998 at 09:06:56AM -0400, Alex Yukhimets wrote:
> Linking with Motif of GPL'd software only allowed on operating systems
> which get shipped with Motif as an essential part of it (like Solaris).
> Which means that linking with Motif on Linux is not allowed. (I asked RMS
> directly about that and received the above response).
Note that the GPL only restricts copying and redistribution. Once you have
a legal copy of the source, you can do whatever you want with it "in the
privacy of your own home."
So you can make yourself an emacs-motif, if you own Motif, but Debian
couldn't distribute it. IANAL.
Have fun,
Avery
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