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From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Cc: stephen@xemacs.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: May I publish a Windows Installer for GNU Emacs?
Date: 19 Sep 2003 01:05:58 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <x5isnpd7e1.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1A07W6-0001At-Hv@fencepost.gnu.org>

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

> The GPL gives everyone permission to make copies.  Our lawyer saw no
> reason that would exclude a stolen copy.

The GPL is not something floating in the air.  You have to be given it
before it applies.  Stealing it along with software does not make it a
valid licence, just as stealing a house contract does not make me
owner of the house.

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

  reply	other threads:[~2003-09-18 23:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-09-12 16:20 May I publish a Windows Installer for GNU Emacs? Frank Schmitt
2003-09-12 17:28 ` David Kastrup
2003-09-12 17:37   ` Frank Schmitt
     [not found]     ` <ich@Frank-Schmitt.net>
2003-09-12 18:52       ` Peter S Galbraith
2003-09-12 20:20         ` David Kastrup
2003-09-12 20:50           ` Frank Schmitt
2003-09-13  9:02             ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2003-09-15  4:53           ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2003-09-15 23:07             ` Richard Stallman
2003-09-16  6:54               ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2003-09-16  7:42                 ` Miles Bader
2003-09-16 22:27                 ` David Kastrup
2003-09-17 12:01                   ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2003-09-17 12:44                     ` David Kastrup
2003-09-18 11:06                       ` Richard Stallman
2003-09-18 13:05                         ` David Kastrup
2003-09-18 22:44                           ` Richard Stallman
2003-09-18 23:05                             ` David Kastrup [this message]
2003-09-19  4:58                           ` Oliver Scholz
2003-09-19  9:49                             ` David Kastrup
     [not found]                               ` <ullslrp8n.fsf@ID-87814.user.dfncis.de>
2003-09-19 13:40                                 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2003-09-19 15:06                               ` Richard Stallman
2003-09-19 10:49                       ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2003-09-21  0:51                 ` Kevin Ryde
2003-09-16  6:17         ` Frank Schmitt
2003-09-12 19:44 ` Benjamin Riefenstahl
2003-09-12 20:07   ` Peter Lee
2003-09-12 21:00     ` Jason Rumney
2003-09-13  2:27       ` Peter Lee
2003-09-12 20:47   ` Frank Schmitt
2003-09-13 14:01     ` Benjamin Riefenstahl
2003-09-14  7:47       ` Frank Schmitt
2003-09-13  9:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-09-13 11:10   ` Frank Schmitt
2003-09-13 13:57 ` Richard Stallman
2003-09-13 19:25   ` Frank Schmitt

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