Re: [V] New package: ASN1

Kyle> Er? Despite the analogy Emacs is not distributed as a Kyle> library. It is distributed as a Program, according the GPL. "Program" vs "library" has no meaning in law AFAIK. The same GPL treats libreadline as a Program, too. The question is "does Emacs plus ASN1 constitute a derived work of Emacs?" The analogy is to explain why I believe that distributing ASN1 constitutes distributing (a part of) a work derived from X?Emacs. Can ASN1 function as a process without Emacs? No. Therefore, as software it is a derived work, and subject to distribution under the conditions of the GPL. -- 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