Re: Licensing, was elvis package

[Shaya Potter <spotter@kby.netmedia.net.il>]

At 09:28 26-04-98 -0400, Avery Pennarun wrote:
>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.
>

Does the FSF distribute a binary version of emacs for suns, linked against
Motif?

Shaya


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