From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dmitry Alexandrov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Using Emacs for commercial purposes Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 15:11:35 +0300 Message-ID: References: <87v9io29bu.fsf@roquette.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="18505"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Giovanni Biscuolo , tylercstrouth@gmail.com Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 16 14:14:03 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jw2m2-0004bB-R8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 16 Jul 2020 14:14:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41462 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jw2m1-0003P7-PX for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 16 Jul 2020 08:14:01 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:60382) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jw2jp-0003Of-2B for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jul 2020 08:11:45 -0400 Original-Received: from relay-2.mailobj.net ([213.182.54.5]:45351) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jw2jk-0005xA-Js for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jul 2020 08:11:44 -0400 Original-Received: from v-1c.localdomain (unknown [192.168.90.161]) by relay-2.mailobj.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 8DD6112ED; Thu, 16 Jul 2020 14:11:37 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by mail-1.net-c.com [213.182.54.15] with ESMTP Thu, 16 Jul 2020 14:11:37 +0200 (CEST) X-EA-Auth: jMc3cPHCcgDvUBMn3vYA89oqw84IO6UDLguOT9C75KuU1M5zytArtftuoJOd/Cdag0dVMm28x+dOeF00yOgIylw1uGtbNEam In-Reply-To: <87v9io29bu.fsf@roquette.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> (Giovanni Biscuolo's message of "Wed, 15 Jul 2020 15:31:49 +0200") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=213.182.54.5; envelope-from=dag@gnui.org; helo=relay-2.mailobj.net X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/07/16 08:11:37 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 3.1-3.10 X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:123549 Archived-At: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Giovanni Biscuolo wrote: > If you modify Emacs (or any Emacs package) you must comply to the terms of the licence. > modify Or distribute. > See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License#Use_of_licensed_software for general information about freedom of use of GNU GPL licnsed free software Actually, one might find reading the legal text itself [1] more benefiting than reading many various texts about the text (thankfully, FSF have always tried to keep its licences in English than legalese ;-) In particular, many simplifications as well as detailed explanations of GNU GPL fail to state prominently the only point one might be really interested in: | You are not required to accept [the terms of] this License [agreement] in order to receive or run a copy of the Program. [1] C-c or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iIMEARYIACsWIQRSX35grYEsI2F1K7TIsPhUjufz5wUCXxBD9w0cZGFnQGdudWku b3JnAAoJEMiw+FSO5/PnmfMBAIemhme42Tklp13i6igMgmZJVfNtQdmOgK5G+Jkh pTZNAQCN3kPRenrwGveYxR7iKLoIv5fS0cOK/UB7X2Ud9vx9CQ== =eMX4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--