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Re: A plea for dynamically loadable extension modules
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Leo |
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Re: A plea for dynamically loadable extension modules |
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Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:30:18 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.110007 Emacs/23.0.0 (20070727) Fedora 7 (gnu/linux) |
On 2003-07-30 13:42 +0100, 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.
Has this situation changed after adapting GPL3?
>
> The reason guile can do it is that guile is licenced under the
> GPL+exception which allows for linking to non-commercial code.
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