License of Emacs modes

2003-06-04 Thread Jérôme Marant
Hi, Since Emacsen are GPL-licensed, do Emacs modes have to be shipped under a GPL-compatible license? I discovered one of them which could be problematic. Thanks. -- Jérôme Marant

Re: License of Emacs modes

2003-06-04 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Jérôme Marant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since Emacsen are GPL-licensed, do Emacs modes have to be shipped under a GPL-compatible license? Pretty much. It is possible to write stand-alone elisp code that only uses Emacs internals. At that point you are okay, treating Emacs has an

Re: License of Emacs modes

2003-06-04 Thread Jérôme Marant
En réponse à Peter S Galbraith [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Jérôme Marant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since Emacsen are GPL-licensed, do Emacs modes have to be shipped under a GPL-compatible license? Pretty much. It is possible to write stand-alone elisp code that only uses Emacs internals.

Re: License of Emacs modes

2003-06-04 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Jérôme Marant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: En réponse à Peter S Galbraith [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Jérôme Marant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since Emacsen are GPL-licensed, do Emacs modes have to be shipped under a GPL-compatible license? Pretty much. It is possible to write

Re: License of Emacs modes

2003-06-04 Thread Jérôme Marant
En réponse à Peter S Galbraith [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Err, I thought the license of interpreted programs had to be compatible with the license of interpreters I don't think so. You are right. There answer is there: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#InterpreterIncompat No,