Re: Interfacing ActiveX/COM-objects "natively" in Emacs

[Jan D.]

> > it has already been decided that Emacs will not get a
> > generic interface to call binary modules, in order not to make it
> > legally feasible to employ it as a tightly coupled component in
> > basically unfree systems.
>
> Richard will have the definitive answer, but I don't think this
> applies to standard components of the OS.

But how can you tell if an object is a standard component in the OS or 
not?  AFAIK anybody can make ActiveX/COM-objects.  Much like shared 
libraries on Unix.

        Jan D.