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.

I wrote:
 
> 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

I just installed it.  It's a license mess that we shouldn't even
distribute.  It even contains third party elisp files that are GPLed!

Also grep for `require' and you'll see that it uses Emacs internals.

Peter