Richard Kettlewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Walter Landry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > It is always ok to distribute a code (call it A) that doesn't > > include anyone else's code, as long as the license for A permits it. > > However, now I'm going to agree with you, because Debian should be > > able to distribute binaries as well (DFSG #2). Those binaries will > > have parts of Emacs inside it. So the license for the various elisp > > files need to be compatible with the GPL. > > Superficially, the relationship between emacs and compiled elisp files > looks more like compilation and execution than linking to me. What's > the argument for treating it as linking?
It is the same as compilation and execution. We don't normally run into this problem because gcc and its libraries have a special exemption for executables produced by compiling with gcc. Regards, Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
