From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Packages, release notes, etc Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 22:09:07 +0200 Message-ID: <871te6nijg.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87io7iochh.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1441915797 6871 80.91.229.3 (10 Sep 2015 20:09:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 20:09:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 10 22:09:42 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Za89z-0000Pw-DB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Sep 2015 22:09:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51598 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Za89z-0003ka-0G for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:09:31 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58472) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Za89k-0003h5-AP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:09:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Za89f-0000Y8-B7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:09:16 -0400 Original-Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.28]:56788) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Za89f-0000Xo-7S for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:09:11 -0400 Original-Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.42]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 871E820844 for ; Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:09:10 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from frontend2 ([10.202.2.161]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:09:10 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-sasl-enc :x-sasl-enc; s=smtpout; bh=xIFhUtJCMAzLh2Qid8scERgcppE=; b=T4yrD PltuyNA6ssUaY1W3g3yp4SwRQ5Pa+tKMYE0EWsMhrXTF2fMwBXhvvQtKk7iG+NfM fnByRK4pYqD9jfaFFTTFlxRpDc/LZtqQDXQaPzZzwLK+hvuTtsJINaZBIVPSV6TU OR3S4HJCBnv0o9etKKCfzUNpgLTFIV1P4vWXE8= X-Sasl-enc: orXIUzorMcw8lX3vv8PQ3Ot1/SFY9uH+RkQEzDI5XSOS 1441915749 Original-Received: from thinkpad-t440p (unknown [2.160.5.146]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id A1AE668006C; Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:09:09 -0400 (EDT) Mail-Followup-To: Stefan Monnier , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Thu, 10 Sep 2015 13:36:45 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130014 (Ma Gnus v0.14) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 66.111.4.28 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:107126 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> With respect to license, I think it is not even possible for an Emacs >> package to have a license different than GPL version 3 or later. > > Not exactly: the license can be different from GPLv3+, but it should > be compatible with GPLv3+, indeed. But what's the purpose of the copyleft when I can release a derived work basing on GPL code under a GPL-compatible license which has no copyleft anymore, e.g., Apache License, Version 2.0? Bye, Tassilo