From: Maurizio Vitale <mav@cuma.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs ffi
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:21:25 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ws69kb0q.fsf@cuma.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87tz1ebfhy.wl%anselm.helbig+news2009@googlemail.com
>>>>> "Anselm" == Anselm Helbig <anselm.helbig+news2009@googlemail.com> writes:
Anselm> RMS doesn't like it because it would allow to link emacs
Anselm> with non-free binary code. This leads to many possible
Anselm> licensing problems with regard to the GPL that RMS wants to
Anselm> avoid. We already have a similar situation with the Linux
Anselm> kernel. Search the emacs-devel archives for some discussions
Anselm> about this, e.g.
It is worth nothing that the same reasoning applies to GCC plugins,
which have now been accepted into the main thunk with license changes so
that one cannot develop proprietary plugins.
So maybe the same will happen with Emacs as well.
Best regards,
Maurizio
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-07-15 19:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-07-14 23:28 Emacs ffi laynor
2009-07-15 1:24 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2009-07-15 6:57 ` Anselm Helbig
2009-07-15 19:21 ` Maurizio Vitale [this message]
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