Re: Qt Xemacs ??

Dan> Like hell it would --- if the user isn't redistributing the Dan> compiled binary, he needn't agree to the GPL, and therefore Dan> is not bound by its terms --- and thus, linking on the user's Dan> own computer to anything, even, say, XForms, would be Dan> fine. At least as I see it. As rms sees it too. He means with redistribution. He would be "shocked, SHOCKED" at your misinterpretation of his words. ;-) We are discussing what the XEmacs Project can and cannot do here, and obviously that involves redistribution. It is true that rms regularly pronounces FUD of this sort, and we want to be precise. So our comment should read "linking to QPL Qt and redistributing the linked product is prohibited, and the FSF takes a dim view of redistributing source without these tests, as the only purpose of removing them is to enable the prohibited linkage." Remember ... the Aladdin Ghostscript + readline case makes it clear that "intent to support linking" is a violation of the GPL in rms's eyes, and that the FSF puts strong pressure on such violators. The FSF might very well sue if somebody removed the warnings and redistributed the modified source. So I do not intend that that somebody be us. Unless you have a lawyer as good as rms's on retainer? -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN My nostalgia for Icon makes me forget about any of the bad things. I don't have much nostalgia for Perl, so its faults I remember. Scott Gilbert c.l.py