From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: A plea for dynamically loadable extension modules
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:45:50 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1IMYvO-0005J3-5j@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m27int7st1.fsf@cam.ac.uk> (message from Leo on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:30:18 +0100)
> The GPL requires all code linked to emacs to also be Free. If
> dynamic linking was allowed that couldn't be gauranteed.
Has this situation changed after adapting GPL3?
We have tried to make it more explicit that the GPL applies to code
designed to be dynamically linked into Emacs. However, the question
is whether any free software license can make that requirement.
That is a question of copyright law.
> The reason guile can do it is that guile is licenced under the
> GPL+exception which allows for linking to non-commercial code.
I think that meanmt to say "non-GPL code". or "proprietary code".
(Let's not confuse commercial with proprietary!
See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html.)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-08-19 0:45 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
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 [this message]
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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