From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: code signing with foreign function interface?
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:13:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y6i4xg7y.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m3y6i46440.fsf@verona.se
joakim@verona.se writes:
> - We don't necessarily need a complete secure infrastructure for
> this. A simple solution might be to check for the presence of a form
> of GNU license in binary form in the dll. This particular GNU license
> is itself protected by copyright and cannot be combined with other
> works without creating a derived work.
Useless:
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/>
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
So you can copy the license into any work you like. The presence of the
GPL as a binary blob is meaningless with regard to licensing. A book
may also print the GPL without becoming GPLed.
The GPL becomes relevant only when it is made clear that the acquisition
of some software is governed by it. Its mere presence in some manner is
not more than a pointer. If it is needed as a key without legal
meaning, that use is perfectly covered by its license.
--
David Kastrup
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-07 16:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-07 6:24 code signing with foreign function interface? joakim
2010-03-07 16:13 ` David Kastrup [this message]
2010-03-07 17:05 ` joakim
2010-03-07 18:06 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-03-07 19:19 ` joakim
2010-03-08 4:22 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-03-08 8:01 ` David Kastrup
2010-03-08 7:41 ` joakim
2010-03-07 18:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-03-07 19:39 ` joakim
2010-03-08 8:04 ` Richard Stallman
2010-03-08 8:15 ` joakim
2010-03-08 8:24 ` Miles Bader
2010-03-08 9:02 ` Stephen Berman
2010-03-08 9:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-03-08 15:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-03-09 3:18 ` Richard Stallman
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