From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alexandre Garreau Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Contradictiory directions Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 15:54:11 +0100 Message-ID: <3368976.KQtx2xn27T@galex-713.eu> References: <20211211035614.15517.53830@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org> <87o85i3um7.fsf@telefonica.net> <87r1aenhnz.fsf@yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="19357"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Po Lu , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=D3scar?= Fuentes , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 15 16:41:01 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mxWOq-0004o0-Pv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 15 Dec 2021 16:41:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49098 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mxWOp-0003Jx-Gx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 15 Dec 2021 10:40:59 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:58494) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mxVfd-0004ob-8u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Dec 2021 09:54:18 -0500 Original-Received: from [2a00:5884:8305::1] (port=36500 helo=galex-713.eu) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mxVfb-0004Gv-VQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Dec 2021 09:54:17 -0500 Original-Received: from gal by galex-713.eu with local (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1mxVfX-0038zv-OE; Wed, 15 Dec 2021 15:54:11 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87r1aenhnz.fsf@yahoo.com> X-Host-Lookup-Failed: Reverse DNS lookup failed for 2a00:5884:8305::1 (failed) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a00:5884:8305::1; envelope-from=galex-713@galex-713.eu; helo=galex-713.eu X-Spam_score_int: -10 X-Spam_score: -1.1 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RDNS_NONE=0.793, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:282060 Archived-At: Le merkredo, 15-a de decembro 2021, 14-a horo kaj 4:16 CET Po Lu a =C3=A9cr= it : > =C3=93scar Fuentes writes: >=20 >=20 >=20 > > Nothing is legally required to comply with the GPL. The FSF does not > > dictate law, it uses a license and hopes for the best. >=20 > IANAL, but the FSF has them, and as far as they can see, the GPL is a > valid license. Not to mention that it has already been declared valid > in court many times. Copyright is about distribution, not usage. A creator of an extension can= =20 use it how person wish, whatever the license, as long as it=E2=80=99s done = in=20 private. Rarely a law takes the burden to stop you from doing something=20 that doesn=E2=80=99t impact others. > So instead of being pedantic, it is reasonable to say that people > creating Emacs and GCC modules are legally required to comply with the > GPL. Copyright is not made to restrict copyrights =E2=80=9Cowners=E2=80=9D, but = users.