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From: Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: A plea for dynamically loadable extension modules
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:30:18 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m27int7st1.fsf@cam.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 871xw8i3tr.fsf@tapsellferrier.co.uk

On 2003-07-30 13:42 +0100, Nic wrote:
> Mario Lang <mlang@delysid.org> writes:
>
>> Is there any chance that we get the dynloading extention 
>> for 21.4?  If not, could you please explain why? 
>
> I think rms made a statement on this subject a number of months
> ago. The reason dynamic loading has not been included in emacs so far
> is that there would then be the potential of breaking the terms of
> the licence under which emacs is distributed.
>
> The GPL requires all code linked to emacs to also be Free. If
> dynamic linking was allowed that couldn't be gauranteed.

Has this situation changed after adapting GPL3?

>
> The reason guile can do it is that guile is licenced under the
> GPL+exception which allows for linking to non-commercial code.

-- 
Leo <sdl.web AT gmail.com>                         (GPG Key: 9283AA3F)

         Gnus is one component of the Emacs operating system.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-08-17 21:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-07-30 12:16 A plea for dynamically loadable extension modules Mario Lang
2003-07-30 12:42 ` Nic
2003-07-30 13:13   ` Kenichi Handa
2003-08-01  2:20     ` Richard Stallman
2003-07-30 13:43   ` Mario Lang
2003-07-30 14:24     ` Jason Rumney
2003-07-30 14:40       ` Mario Lang
2003-07-30 15:25   ` Paul Jarc
2003-08-01  2:20     ` Richard Stallman
2003-08-01 15:44       ` Paul Jarc
2003-08-04  0:08         ` Richard Stallman
2003-07-30 19:02   ` Kevin Rodgers
2007-08-17 21:30   ` Leo [this message]
2007-08-19  0:45     ` Richard Stallman
2007-08-19  1:33       ` Leo
2007-08-19  3:22         ` dhruva
2007-08-19  7:59           ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2007-08-19 12:51           ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2007-08-19 13:06           ` David Hansen
2007-08-19 22:30             ` Richard Stallman
2007-08-19 22:31         ` Richard Stallman
2003-07-31  4:10 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2003-07-31  7:56   ` David Kastrup
2003-07-31  9:59     ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2003-07-31 18:57       ` Alex Schroeder

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