From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: May I publish a Windows Installer for GNU Emacs? Date: 19 Sep 2003 01:05:58 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <3097.1063392768@mixed> <87ad96sldl.fsf@tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87u17di5oz.fsf@tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87u17bfwu0.fsf@tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1063926486 18401 80.91.224.253 (18 Sep 2003 23:08:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 23:08:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: stephen@xemacs.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 19 01:08:04 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A07sa-0001JD-00 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 01:08:04 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A07wl-0001dd-00 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 01:12:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A07sZ-0002M3-2d for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 19:08:03 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 1A07rp-0001vg-0o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 19:07:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 1A07qr-0001T5-M3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 19:06:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [217.80.157.179] (helo=localhost.localdomain) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.22) id 1A07qd-0001Nc-PJ; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 19:06:04 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h8IN60Z3003451 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 19 Sep 2003 01:06:00 +0200 Original-Received: (from dak@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h8IN5xwo003447; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 01:05:59 +0200 Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 12 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:16473 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:16473 Richard Stallman writes: > The GPL gives everyone permission to make copies. Our lawyer saw no > reason that would exclude a stolen copy. The GPL is not something floating in the air. You have to be given it before it applies. Stealing it along with software does not make it a valid licence, just as stealing a house contract does not make me owner of the house. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum