"Joe Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Brian Thomas Sniffen said: >> Joe Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> The preferred form for the Original work is Pascal. The preferred >>> form for the new (combined/derived) work is C. I think you would need >>> to distribute both to comply with the GPL. >> >> No. You do not need to distribute source for the original work, only >> for your modified work. If you needed to distribute source for the >> original, then many elisp files would need to include the entire >> source for Emacs! > > No, the portions of the Original Work that are contained/embodied in the > elisp files must be distributed in the Preferred Form. > > There's no GPL requirement that you distribute the whole Original Work, > but you have no other license to distribute a part of the Original Work in > non-source form.
It's not clear how to do that in many cases -- as when the portion of the original work used has been significantly refactored. -- Brian Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
