From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: stefan@marxist.se, sacha@sachachua.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NonGNU ELPA update for subed package - moved repositories
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2021 12:24:48 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1n0oJE-0003iw-Fj@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvbl17l2by.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (message from Stefan Monnier on Thu, 23 Dec 2021 11:26:06 -0500)
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> Hmm... I must have missed something: where/how does mpv.el violate the GPL?
> Are you saying it's violating the GPL because the COPYING file doesn't
> sit next to it?
Yes -- in the absence of some other way to satisfy that requirement.
> If so, the majority of our GNU ELPA packages violate the GPL as well and
I can see three possible concrete meanings for that.
(1) As distributed in GNU ELPA, they are not distributed with copies
of the GPL.
We can solve that by putting one copy of the GNU GPL into the web
pages for GNU ELPA, in a clearly visible and findable way. Then all
the GNU ELPA packages will be distributed with that copy of it.
(2) In the places where their developers distribute them, ...
The developers ought to fix that, but it won't take much work or
resources for each developer. If someone distributes multiple
packages from the same site, one copy of the GNU GPL is enough for all
of them, as above.
(3) In other places where people distribute them, ...
Depends on the details.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-24 17:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-19 22:04 [PATCH] NonGNU ELPA update for subed package - moved repositories Sacha Chua
2021-12-19 23:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-12-21 4:15 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-22 0:22 ` Sacha Chua
2021-12-22 0:35 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-12-22 0:58 ` Sacha Chua
2021-12-22 5:27 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-23 3:43 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-23 6:35 ` Sacha Chua
2021-12-28 3:31 ` Sacha Chua
2021-12-23 16:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-12-24 17:24 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2021-12-28 4:22 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-28 4:42 ` Sacha Chua
2021-12-28 5:13 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-29 4:52 ` Richard Stallman
2022-01-02 5:06 ` Sacha Chua
2022-01-02 14:25 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-01-03 4:37 ` Richard Stallman
2022-01-03 5:22 ` Sacha Chua
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