Re: Binary distributions [ was Re: [PROPOSAL] fix for bad Xrefs ... ]
Olivier Galibert <galibert(a)pobox.com> writes:
On Tue, Jun 09, 1998 at 08:52:32PM +0200, Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
> Why would that be illegal, if the CD contains the XEmacs sources? Or,
> do you mean that the CD should contain the sources to InstallShield --
> which would be ridiculous, because it's impossible to achieve!
OK, this "impossible to achieve" was the wrong argument. What I
really meant was:
The GPL'ed code we are distributing is XEmacs itself, accompanied by
all the sources. If I understand correctly what this InstallShield
thing is, then it has nothing to do with XEmacs -- it's just yet
another installation tool. Having it on the same CD as XEmacs well
falls into the "mere aggregation" clause:
In addition, mere aggregation of another work not based on the
Program with the Program (or with a work based on the Program) on
a volume of a storage or distribution medium does not bring the
other work under the scope of this License.
The important thing is: InstallShield is **not** required to get a
fully workable version of XEmacs. It's all that matters.
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