Re: Bug#227159: ocaml: Worse, the QPL is not DFSG-free
Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> writes:
> On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 01:51:52PM -0400, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote:
>> luther@debian.org writes:
>>
>> > Also, the code is free, no problem with that, you just can't link it with
>> > GPLed code, or more exactly you can't distribute the result of the linking
>> > with GPLed code, which is not something we are doing.
>>
>> Debian is distributing them linked, with special scripts to pull the
>> .el file in and use it with Emacs.
>
> WRONG. Debian is distributing them in source form, and the compilation is done
> at installation time, and the linking at emacs run time.
It's enough that they're both clearly part of the work Debian, and we
install them so they work together as an integral whole.
> Furthermore, since i remove them from binary packages, even the
> above is not done.
Yes, I understand that. That's why I sent my message, clarifying what
Nathanael and you were arguing over.
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Brian Sniffen bts@alum.mit.edu
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