From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
To: Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, moasenwood@zoho.eu
Subject: Re: Use Emacs as the IDE for Wolfram Mathematica.
Date: Mon, 24 May 2021 17:12:08 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YKu0OBp2QxpKK0iD@protected.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <trinity-694ec9c9-ae37-426b-8cfb-e5ef62372b9f-1621860479398@3c-app-mailcom-bs01>
* Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com> [2021-05-24 15:48]:
> You can add functionality as you wish. When you use emacs for
> personal use, you are not bound to GPL Licensed code only.
(✿╹◡╹) That is right. Only that it is not a licensed software. I mean
it is possible to imagine it is licensed, but it cannot be conveyed or
given to anybody unless licensed properly.
> > If that package runs without modification of Emacs software, it does
> > not modify Emacs, it is just data that is interpreted. It also cannot
> > require any of GPL libraries that are GPL licensed. However, majority
> > of packages are written with the purpose to modify Emacs. Not to use
> > Emacs Lisp solely for its own purposes.
>
> It could be for personal use, but not part of emacs.
You got it right.
> > If you write such code, under conditions not to modify Emacs, not to
> > use GPL-ed libraries, then it could be proprietary. Otherwise legally
> > it cannot be. Question is why would anybody use Emacs to write such
> > interpreted programs when there are many other programming languages
> > with MIT licensed libraries.
>
> You are correct, I was talking from the legal point of view, and
> about emacs support for Wolfram Mathematica. Ubuntu is one such
> system, where you have free software where proprietary code is added
> to it.
Ubuntu is operating system, is is collection of software. It is not
impossible to have collection with mix of proprietary and free
software, I have seen such collections since 1999.
Emacs support for proprietary software would be possible if such
support is in terms of a mode that just takes care of editing.
Problem would be if Emacs package requires the proprietary software
and GPL-ed software in the same time.
The IDE and modes most probably do not require, they would just
execute external problem.
> > MIT licensed libraries one can use how one wants, GPL-ed no.
>
> MIT has used many licenses, and it is ambiguous because many faili
> to distinguish between them. One should not use the term "MIT
> License".
Yes, but you got it.
--
Jean
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-24 14:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-23 5:25 Use Emacs as the IDE for Wolfram Mathematica Hongyi Zhao
2021-05-23 5:39 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-23 6:39 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-05-23 8:54 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-23 10:00 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-05-23 10:10 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-23 12:13 ` Jean Louis
2021-05-23 21:27 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-06-07 15:48 ` TRS-80
2021-05-23 12:00 ` Jean Louis
2021-05-23 12:48 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-05-23 13:09 ` Don't think Emacs package may be proprietary Jean Louis
2021-05-23 13:54 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-05-23 14:03 ` Jean Louis
2021-05-23 14:31 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-05-23 14:37 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-05-23 21:26 ` Use Emacs as the IDE for Wolfram Mathematica Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-24 8:28 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-05-24 9:10 ` Jean Louis
2021-05-24 9:34 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-05-24 11:31 ` Jean Louis
2021-05-24 11:43 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-05-24 11:54 ` Jean Louis
2021-05-24 12:47 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-05-24 14:12 ` Jean Louis [this message]
2021-05-24 15:37 ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-05-23 12:57 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-05-23 13:11 ` Jean Louis
2021-05-23 13:23 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-07 16:06 ` TRS-80
2021-06-07 22:16 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-23 13:39 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-05-23 21:28 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-23 21:42 ` Free software is liberty for future - " Jean Louis
2021-05-24 8:37 ` Christopher Dimech
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