From: Nic <nferrier@tapsellferrier.co.uk>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: A plea for dynamically loadable extension modules
Date: 30 Jul 2003 13:42:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871xw8i3tr.fsf@tapsellferrier.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wue0i51a.fsf@lexx.delysid.org>
Mario Lang <mlang@delysid.org> writes:
> Is there any chance that we get the dynloading extention
> for 21.4? If not, could you please explain why?
I think rms made a statement on this subject a number of months
ago. The reason dynamic loading has not been included in emacs so far
is that there would then be the potential of breaking the terms of
the licence under which emacs is distributed.
The GPL requires all code linked to emacs to also be Free. If
dynamic linking was allowed that couldn't be gauranteed.
The reason guile can do it is that guile is licenced under the
GPL+exception which allows for linking to non-commercial code.
--
Nic Ferrier
http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-07-30 12:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-07-30 12:16 A plea for dynamically loadable extension modules Mario Lang
2003-07-30 12:42 ` Nic [this message]
2003-07-30 13:13 ` Kenichi Handa
2003-08-01 2:20 ` Richard Stallman
2003-07-30 13:43 ` Mario Lang
2003-07-30 14:24 ` Jason Rumney
2003-07-30 14:40 ` Mario Lang
2003-07-30 15:25 ` Paul Jarc
2003-08-01 2:20 ` Richard Stallman
2003-08-01 15:44 ` Paul Jarc
2003-08-04 0:08 ` Richard Stallman
2003-07-30 19:02 ` Kevin Rodgers
2007-08-17 21:30 ` Leo
2007-08-19 0:45 ` Richard Stallman
2007-08-19 1:33 ` Leo
2007-08-19 3:22 ` dhruva
2007-08-19 7:59 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2007-08-19 12:51 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2007-08-19 13:06 ` David Hansen
2007-08-19 22:30 ` Richard Stallman
2007-08-19 22:31 ` Richard Stallman
2003-07-31 4:10 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2003-07-31 7:56 ` David Kastrup
2003-07-31 9:59 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2003-07-31 18:57 ` Alex Schroeder
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