Re: How to make a non-GPL Org-mode exporter?

[Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl>]

On 2015-07-27, at 14:16, Oleh Krehel <ohwoeowho@gmail.com> wrote:

> Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> writes:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> after a short discussion in a recent thread, I have a serious technical
>> question.
>>
>> Assume that (for some reason) I want to write an Org-mode exporter which
>> won't be GPL'd.  (Use-case: having written a few custom exporters, I'm
>> writing a tutorial on them, and I consider publishing a *tutorial* with
>> GPL'd code a Bad Thing™.  (The idea of a programming tutorial is that
>> other people can or even should reuse the code in the tutorial, right?
>> And I see no reason to impose GPL on them.))
>>
>> How do I do that?  Is that even possible?  Also, is it possible to get
>> an actual answer to this question without spending money on lawyers?
>
> Like I said in an earlier message just a few minutes ago, you can do it,
> but you can't use org.el or Elisp at all, unless you implement your own
> Elisp engine that you call.

Well, I hardly believe what I read here...

> The GPL isn't as evil as you make it out to be: in fact, it's not evil
> at all: it only ensures that you pass on the freedom that you receive to
> others, i.e. **you are not free to remove freedom from others**.
>
> As for documentation, here I cite a bit of Elisp manual:
>
>     (a) The FSF’s Back-Cover Text is: “You have the freedom to copy and
>      modify this GNU manual.  Buying copies from the FSF supports it in
>      developing GNU and promoting software freedom.”
>
> Just think about it: on 99% of published books it says:
>
>     No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
>     system, or transmitted, in any form or by means electronic,
>     mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise, without prior written
>     permission of the publisher.
>
> Now who is the evil guy here?

Let's not beat that dead horse again.  (BTW, hardly anyone cares about
that notice on published books, and rightly so.)

> regards,
> Oleh

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University