Re: Bug#118427: TP: epo -- Miner mode to reduce the labour to edit code
>>>>> "Raul" == Raul Miller <moth@debian.org> writes:
Raul> On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 09:16:19AM -0500, Peter S Galbraith
Raul> wrote:
>> Raul, why are you so quick to dismiss this? You state it like
>> it was a matter of fact. Is this documented anywhere?
Raul> I didn't dismiss it. [And, what is it that you want
Raul> documentation on?]
Raul> Look at the situation this way: the GPL restricts the
Raul> distribution of emacs, not that of independently written
Raul> code. The question asked was whether it was legal to
Raul> distribute some non-gpled elisp code -- and the answer has
Raul> to have a lot to do with how closely the code is tied to
Raul> gpl'd emacs (gnu emacs vs. xemacs, ferinstance).
How is this different distributing a version of ripem (sp?) that
required GMP? My understanding is that the FSF argued that the
distribution was illegal because it had the effect of distributing an
application that violated the GPL, by linking non-GPL code to a GPL
library. I believe they objected even to source distributions. For
details on this situation check the gnu.misc.discuss archives, I think
around 1994.
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