From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Using Emacs for commercial purposes Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 21:08:12 +0200 Message-ID: <87imeobnqb.fsf@ebih.ebihd> References: Reply-To: Emanuel Berg Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="10613"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:SP+sXmFp85aIhKC0o4fhS9HXw5w= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 15 21:08:45 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jvmlo-0002dV-6x for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 15 Jul 2020 21:08:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59116 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jvmln-0003Gy-9H for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 15 Jul 2020 15:08:43 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:50252) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jvmlU-0003Gp-5V for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jul 2020 15:08:24 -0400 Original-Received: from static.214.254.202.116.clients.your-server.de ([116.202.254.214]:51882 helo=ciao.gmane.io) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jvmlS-0006qZ-LF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jul 2020 15:08:23 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jvmlO-0002D5-7X for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jul 2020 21:08:18 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Mail-Copies-To: never Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/07/15 15:08:19 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -8 X-Spam_score: -0.9 X-Spam_bar: / X-Spam_report: (-0.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=1, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:123548 Archived-At: tylercstrouth wrote: > I am in the process of starting my own business and > I am wondering, if it is fine to use Emacs within > my business for commercial purposes? From my > understanding it appears I can, but I just wanted > to clarify and make sure. Yes, of course. It happens every day. It is a tool. Is it OK to use a torque wrench even/especially for commercial purposes? Go right ahead and use it for the _intended_ purpose, be it commercial or altruistic or a little bit of both. Good enough for government work! But if your business is immensely successful feel free to contribute in any way to Emacs - maybe the GNU project, if Emacs doesn't have a Swiss bank account of its own :) -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 https://dataswamp.org/~incal