From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Oliver Scholz Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: May I publish a Windows Installer for GNU Emacs? Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 06:58:42 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <3097.1063392768@mixed> <87ad96sldl.fsf@tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87u17di5oz.fsf@tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87u17bfwu0.fsf@tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1063947784 10858 80.91.224.253 (19 Sep 2003 05:03:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 05:03:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: stephen@xemacs.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 19 07:03:02 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A0DQ6-0002nq-00 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 07:03:02 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A0DUO-0004bb-00 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 07:07:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A0DMe-0004Uu-LL for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 00:59:28 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 1A0DMU-0004RF-Ix for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 00:59:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 1A0DMR-0004ND-4M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 00:59:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [213.165.64.20] (helo=mail.gmx.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A0DMQ-0004MR-9I for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 00:59:14 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 14210 invoked by uid 65534); 19 Sep 2003 04:59:12 -0000 Original-Received: from dialin-145-254-195-010.arcor-ip.net (EHLO HERMES) (145.254.195.10) by mail.gmx.net (mp005) with SMTP; 19 Sep 2003 06:59:12 +0200 X-Authenticated: #1497658 Original-To: David Kastrup In-Reply-To: (David Kastrup's message of "18 Sep 2003 15:05:09 +0200") X-Attribution: os X-Face: "HgH2sgK|bfH$; PiOJI6|qUCf.ve<51_Od(%ynHr?=>znn#~#oS>",F%B8&\vus),2AsPYb -n>PgddtGEn}s7kH?7kH{P_~vu?]OvVN^qD(L)>G^gDCl(U9n{:d>'DkilN!_K"eNzjrtI4Ya6; Td% IZGMbJ{lawG+'J>QXPZD&TwWU@^~A}f^zAb[Ru;CT(UA]c& User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (windows-nt) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:16476 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:16476 FWIW this point is mentioned in the GPL FAQ. They distinguish the case of stealing an unpublished CD from stealing a CD that has been released elsewhere. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#StolenCopy If someone steals a CD containing a version of a GPL-covered program, does the GPL give him the right to redistribute that version? If the version has been released elsewhere, then the thief probably does have the right to make copies and redistribute them under the GPL, but if he is imprisoned for stealing the CD he may have to wait until his release before doing so. If the version in question is unpublished and considered by a company to be its trade secret, then publishing it may be a violation of trade secret law, depending on other circumstances. The GPL does not change that. If the company tried to release its version and still treat it as a trade secret, that would violate the GPL, but if the company hasn't released this version, no such violation has occurred. Oliver -- Oliver Scholz Jour du Travail de l'Année 211 de la Révolution Taunusstr. 25 Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité! 60329 Frankfurt a. M. http://www.jungdemokratenhessen.de Tel. (069) 97 40 99 42 http://www.jdjl.org