Hello,
Marcin Borkowski writes:
> And I do not. I suspect that many authors don't care, and use GPL (or
> BSD, or other license) just so that they don't have to write a license
> themselves. Of course, this is only my suspicion, and I might be
> totally wrong.
As a data point, in order to cle
On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 20:49:05 +0200
Marcin Borkowski wrote:
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> On 2015-07-27, at 20:30, Daniele Nicolodi wrote:
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> > On 27/07/15 20:20, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
> >>
> >> On 2015-07-27, at 20:02, Daniele Nicolodi
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 27/07/15 19:42, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
> That
On 2015-07-27, at 20:30, Daniele Nicolodi wrote:
> On 27/07/15 20:20, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
>>
>> On 2015-07-27, at 20:02, Daniele Nicolodi wrote:
>>
>>> On 27/07/15 19:42, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
That I've already learned. OTOH, one of the reasons to use PD might be
that I expli
On 27/07/15 20:20, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
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> On 2015-07-27, at 20:02, Daniele Nicolodi wrote:
>
>> On 27/07/15 19:42, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
>>> That I've already learned. OTOH, one of the reasons to use PD might be
>>> that I explicitly state that I object the legal system I live in. (Mind
On 2015-07-27, at 20:02, Daniele Nicolodi wrote:
> On 27/07/15 19:42, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
>> That I've already learned. OTOH, one of the reasons to use PD might be
>> that I explicitly state that I object the legal system I live in. (Mind
>> you: I'm not an anarchist, and I'm very far from
On 27/07/15 19:42, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
> That I've already learned. OTOH, one of the reasons to use PD might be
> that I explicitly state that I object the legal system I live in. (Mind
> you: I'm not an anarchist, and I'm very far from that. But this system
> is almost unbearable.)
This st
On 2015-07-27, at 14:50, Daniele Nicolodi wrote:
> I'm not sure that using an interpreter for running some code classifies
> as linking, but I don't know of any "official" statement on the subject.
>
> On the other hand, Elisp is an extension language for a GPL program,
> thus it may be argued t
On 2015-07-27, at 14:52, Daniele Nicolodi wrote:
> On 27/07/15 14:42, Greg Troxel wrote:
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>> Daniele Nicolodi writes:
>>
>>> On 27/07/15 13:52, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
I disagree. Licensing a tutorial with GPL is a stupid thing to do.
A tutorial may contain code which people natu
On 2015-07-27, at 14:42, Greg Troxel wrote:
> Daniele Nicolodi writes:
>
>> On 27/07/15 13:52, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
>>> I disagree. Licensing a tutorial with GPL is a stupid thing to do.
>>> A tutorial may contain code which people naturally mimic (or even
>>> copy). Such things should def
On 2015-07-27, at 14:17, Daniele Nicolodi wrote:
> On 27/07/15 13:52, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
>> I disagree. Licensing a tutorial with GPL is a stupid thing to do.
>> A tutorial may contain code which people naturally mimic (or even
>> copy). Such things should definitely be in PD.
>
> As your
Marcin Borkowski writes:
> I'm preparing a tutorial on writing Org-mode exporters. To this end,
> I'm writing a (simplistic) Oddmuse/WikiCreole exporter. Rather
> obviously, I'm modeling it on existing exporters (mainly ox-latex),
> which seem to share a lot of structure (function names and docst
On 27/07/15 14:42, Greg Troxel wrote:
>
> Daniele Nicolodi writes:
>
>> On 27/07/15 13:52, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
>>> I disagree. Licensing a tutorial with GPL is a stupid thing to do.
>>> A tutorial may contain code which people naturally mimic (or even
>>> copy). Such things should definite
On 27/07/15 14:25, Oleh Krehel wrote:
> Rasmus writes:
>
>> Oleh Krehel writes:
>>
>>> If anywhere in your code there's (require 'org), you have to release
>>> your code under GPL.
>>
>> Are you sure about that? By this logic, *any* .el file should be GPL as
>> they use (defun ·), implicitly lo
Daniele Nicolodi writes:
> On 27/07/15 13:52, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
>> I disagree. Licensing a tutorial with GPL is a stupid thing to do.
>> A tutorial may contain code which people naturally mimic (or even
>> copy). Such things should definitely be in PD.
[many excellent comments. As a n
Rasmus writes:
> Oleh Krehel writes:
>
>> If anywhere in your code there's (require 'org), you have to release
>> your code under GPL.
>
> Are you sure about that? By this logic, *any* .el file should be GPL as
> they use (defun ·), implicitly loaded from byte-run.
I'm pretty sure: you're call
Oleh Krehel writes:
> If anywhere in your code there's (require 'org), you have to release
> your code under GPL.
Are you sure about that? By this logic, *any* .el file should be GPL as
they use (defun ·), implicitly loaded from byte-run.
Rasmus
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On 27/07/15 13:52, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
> I disagree. Licensing a tutorial with GPL is a stupid thing to do.
> A tutorial may contain code which people naturally mimic (or even
> copy). Such things should definitely be in PD.
As yourself pointed out in one of your emails, in many legal
ordina
Marcin Borkowski writes:
> I'm preparing a tutorial on writing Org-mode exporters. To this end,
> I'm writing a (simplistic) Oddmuse/WikiCreole exporter. Rather
> obviously, I'm modeling it on existing exporters (mainly ox-latex),
> which seem to share a lot of structure (function names and doc
On 2015-07-27, at 11:31, Eric S Fraga wrote:
> On Monday, 27 Jul 2015 at 10:59, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> See how stupid this whole copyright law swamp is?
>>
>> What if I reuse just the basic structure of sentences in the docstrings,
>> like in "Subject + verb + preposition + objec
On 2015-07-27, at 11:46, Eric S Fraga wrote:
> On Monday, 27 Jul 2015 at 11:05, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> Frankly speaking, I'm rather astonished at your and Eric's answers.
>> I treated my question as a formality, and expected answers like "Of
>> course you can do it, don't be sill
On Monday, 27 Jul 2015 at 11:05, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
[...]
> Frankly speaking, I'm rather astonished at your and Eric's answers.
> I treated my question as a formality, and expected answers like "Of
> course you can do it, don't be silly."
Oh, sorry! I thought you actually did want to get s
On Monday, 27 Jul 2015 at 10:59, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
[...]
> See how stupid this whole copyright law swamp is?
>
> What if I reuse just the basic structure of sentences in the docstrings,
> like in "Subject + verb + preposition + object"? Do I have to use GPL
> then, too? ;-)
>
> And what if
On 2015-07-27, at 10:35, Rasmus wrote:
> Marcin Borkowski writes:
>
>> On 2015-07-27, at 10:16, Rasmus wrote:
>>
>>> Marcin Borkowski writes:
>>>
I reuse parts of GPL'd code (as I mentioned, quite generic ones, but
still). Is it fine, or should I expect a visit from EFF lawyers or
On 2015-07-27, at 10:42, Eric S Fraga wrote:
> On Monday, 27 Jul 2015 at 10:06, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm preparing a tutorial on writing Org-mode exporters. To this end,
>> I'm writing a (simplistic) Oddmuse/WikiCreole exporter. Rather
>> obviously, I'm modeling it on exist
On Monday, 27 Jul 2015 at 10:06, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm preparing a tutorial on writing Org-mode exporters. To this end,
> I'm writing a (simplistic) Oddmuse/WikiCreole exporter. Rather
> obviously, I'm modeling it on existing exporters (mainly ox-latex),
> which seem to share
Marcin Borkowski writes:
> On 2015-07-27, at 10:16, Rasmus wrote:
>
>> Marcin Borkowski writes:
>>
>>> I reuse parts of GPL'd code (as I mentioned, quite generic ones, but
>>> still). Is it fine, or should I expect a visit from EFF lawyers or
>>> something?
>>
>> My guess would be no. You sho
On 2015-07-27, at 10:16, Rasmus wrote:
> Marcin Borkowski writes:
>
>> I reuse parts of GPL'd code (as I mentioned, quite generic ones, but
>> still). Is it fine, or should I expect a visit from EFF lawyers or
>> something?
>
> My guess would be no. You should ask the FSF lawyers.
You mean l
Marcin Borkowski writes:
> I reuse parts of GPL'd code (as I mentioned, quite generic ones, but
> still). Is it fine, or should I expect a visit from EFF lawyers or
> something?
My guess would be no. You should ask the FSF lawyers.
Rasmus
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Hi all,
I'm preparing a tutorial on writing Org-mode exporters. To this end,
I'm writing a (simplistic) Oddmuse/WikiCreole exporter. Rather
obviously, I'm modeling it on existing exporters (mainly ox-latex),
which seem to share a lot of structure (function names and docstrings in
particular). I
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