From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: joakim@verona.se
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: code signing with foreign function interface?
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:04:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83sk8c2ek4.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3y6i46440.fsf@verona.se>
> From: joakim@verona.se
> Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:24:47 +0100
>
> The GPL cannot prevent free and non-free code being distributed
> together. Therefore a distributor can push GPL non-compliance to an
> unknowing user.
>
> If code signing of dynamic libraries is employed, the end-user can be
> made aware he is breaking the intentions of the GPL. Would this be
> enough to satisfy the requirements for an Emacs FFI?
Forgive me for asking a possibly dumb question (due to my total
ignorance on this subject): How will you distinguish system libraries
(which are exempt of being under GPL) from the other kind?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-07 18:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-07 6:24 code signing with foreign function interface? joakim
2010-03-07 16:13 ` David Kastrup
2010-03-07 17:05 ` joakim
2010-03-07 18:06 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-03-07 19:19 ` joakim
2010-03-08 4:22 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-03-08 8:01 ` David Kastrup
2010-03-08 7:41 ` joakim
2010-03-07 18:04 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2010-03-07 19:39 ` joakim
2010-03-08 8:04 ` Richard Stallman
2010-03-08 8:15 ` joakim
2010-03-08 8:24 ` Miles Bader
2010-03-08 9:02 ` Stephen Berman
2010-03-08 9:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-03-08 15:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-03-09 3:18 ` Richard Stallman
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