Re: A plea for dynamically loadable extension modules

[Kevin Rodgers]

Nic wrote:

> Mario Lang <address@hidden> writes:
> > Is there any chance that we get the dynloading extention 
> > for 21.4?  If not, could you please explain why? 
>
> I think rms made a statement on this subject a number of months
> ago. The reason dynamic loading has not been included in emacs so far
> is that there would then be the potential of breaking the terms of
> the licence under which emacs is distributed.
>
> The GPL requires all code linked to emacs to also be Free. If
> dynamic linking was allowed that couldn't be gauranteed.

But Emacs already has the ability, built into it, to run non-Free software:
the Lisp interpreter.

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Kevin Rodgers