Re: Bug#227159: ocaml: Worse, the QPL is not DFSG-free
On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 02:22:54PM -0400, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote:
> 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.
Well, this is a doubtfull interpretation, and i would not go this way without
good legal advice.
> > 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.
Ok.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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