Re: sources and scripts for generated files

[Andreas Röhler]

On 26.05.2014 07:33, Jan Djärv wrote:
> Hello.
>
> 26 maj 2014 kl. 04:31 skrev Glenn Morris <address@hidden>:
>
> > Does emacs-24 contain all the sources and scripts that are needed
> > to create any generated files in the tree?
> >
> > E.g. do we need to add
> > http://www.unicode.org/ivd/data/2012-03-02/IVD_Sequences.txt
> > to admin/mac? It's ~ 1MB, and is used to create src/macuvs.h.
>
> IMHO, this is more a legal issue than a practical issue.
> Say we add the file to Emacs.  There is no point in re-generating src/macuvs.h 
> unless the file changes, and then the one distribiuted with Emacs is not used 
> anyway.
>
> But someone with insight to the GPL have to answer this.
>
>         Jan D.

Hi Jan,

assume you are kidding.

If not kidding, I'm still wondering, resp. asking: please make the GPL a text 
every Emacs core developer may understand without undergoing expensive 
law-studies.

Not to hide my personal view: of course there is no legal question. GPL requires the sources of built executable to be shipped, but not the stuff mayby useful for writing 
the sources.

Andreas