From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Berman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: enable MELPA & Marmalade by defaul [was: mykie.el] Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2014 21:55:07 +0100 Message-ID: <87lhyrtsus.fsf@rosalinde.fritz.box> References: <87bnzshlo5.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> <87bnzshlo5.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> <20140103.200846.1574807089640559527.cokesboy@gmail.com> <87a9f8g22x.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> <76f5b9cd-3452-4189-b3a0-30dc55a3ee55@default> <87wqic65kj.fsf@wanadoo.es> <874n5gfvjv.fsf@mac.com> <93a2d060-c7f8-4ce3-9bff-f7397be690ff@default> <874n5fhn1j.fsf@schjetne.se> <87wqibu8px.fsf@rosalinde.fritz.box> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1389128143 4958 80.91.229.3 (7 Jan 2014 20:55:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 20:55:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Grim Schjetne , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 07 21:55:49 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1W0dgg-0003Ug-9H for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 21:55:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42848 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0dgf-0000dz-VY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 15:55:45 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46070) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0dgA-0000FX-L0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 15:55:20 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0dg5-0001fZ-AY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 15:55:14 -0500 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.18]:60375) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0dg5-0001fP-1p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 15:55:09 -0500 Original-Received: from rosalinde.fritz.box ([89.245.110.215]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx001) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MMCFR-1W21eo2sHt-007z1m for ; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 21:55:08 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 7 Jan 2014 09:44:32 -0800 (PST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:3MWt9P/uJMKoIGe1ThrQNefj0yAx+/8ALQIdqxZbZ+YcBPwSW8O yjUgMmI3pafRMc5ILmlEDPaLiBH49t8vY8b3332YzIp8/NJOYV5J0mt4emMMD9tpppKJknE t8U0xSZULV7Y2im4YzONBaqBAEYEiM7PfMj0jM/1KuaUWbwnIcm/GlHO5q/DNdW/C8BLBwj UTHOORz30mLSCuCjbwfMw== X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 212.227.15.18 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:167676 Archived-At: On Tue, 7 Jan 2014 09:44:32 -0800 (PST) Drew Adams wrote: >> Is it even "legal" to distribute any elisp code that is not at least >> compatible with the GPL? After all, any elisp code will have to >> link with Emacs to be usable. > > Not sure why you put "legal" in quotes. Just a hedge, since I'm not sure of the legal status of the GPL, whether in the US or any other jurisdiction. > And it's not clear what you > have in mind by "compatible with", here. I meant code with a license whose terms contradict (in whole or part) the GPL. Since you cannot (IIUC) distribute Emacs (or a fork of it) under a license that contradicts the GPL, it seems to follow that any elisp code, which must link with Emacs to be executed, also cannot be distributed under a license that contradicts the GPL. Or maybe it just follows that any such code could not be part of Emacs. Anyway, I'm not interested in such code and was more or less just idly speculating. Steve Berman