From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Compiled files without sources???? Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:00:17 -0400 Message-ID: References: <877hc7lzcc.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <8762rq7w7h.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <871v2en9n1.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <871v2eyece.fsf_-_@engster.org> <87r5ad91dm.fsf@ginnungagap.bsc.es> <87zkp1solk.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87wrk54pzp.fsf@ginnungagap.bsc.es> <87tyf7aw9b.fsf@engster.org> <871uxgyu0u.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87vcus3slm.fsf@engster.org> <87k4b4jv8p.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <877h7444uj.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87tya82mv5.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87ei1bzjwg.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <4E3133CE.7010101@cs.ucla.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1311894105 10417 80.91.229.12 (28 Jul 2011 23:01:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:01:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: dak@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 29 01:01:40 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QmZaF-00059E-U8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:01:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57905 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QmZaF-0002jH-9N for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:01:39 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:60666) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QmZZU-0002iP-Gv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:01:37 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QmZYy-00053v-UB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:00:52 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:57329) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QmZYy-00053V-MG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:00:20 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QmZYv-0000Np-MO; Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:00:17 -0400 In-reply-to: <4E3133CE.7010101@cs.ucla.edu> (message from Paul Eggert on Thu, 28 Jul 2011 03:02:54 -0700) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.10 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:142470 Archived-At: They are in Emacs releases 23.2 and 23.3. They have been in all pretests since emacs-23.1.90, dated 2009-12-09. They were merged into the Emacs trunk in bzr 97804, dated 2009-09-28; here's a URL for that: We have made a very bad mistake. Anyone redistributing those versions is violating the GPL, through no fault of his own. We need to fix those releases retroactively (or else delete them), and we need to do it right away. I see two quick ways to fix them: to delete the compiled files, or to add the sources they are made from. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use free telephony http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/