[Gcl-devel] Re: [gnu.org #48656] Re: GCL compliance with GNU GPL

[Sam Steingold]

> * In message <address@hidden>
> * On the subject of "Re: Re: [gnu.org #48656] Re: GCL compliance with GNU GPL"
> * Sent on Wed, 2 Jul 2003 10:33:20 +0900
> * Honorable "Jong-Kyou Kim" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Making proprietary image of CLisp is exempted only when it is
>   independent work. Being an independent work, according to the
>   licensing term, is that the work could run without referring any
>   symbols except the ones in the package COMMON-LISP,
>   COMMON-LISP-USER, KEYWORD, and EXT.
> 
> It means, as far as I understand, I cannot develop any system which
> uses socket connections since it uses socket package. I think this
> exception makes sense under GPL since CLisp, in this case, serves only
> as a substitute of any other common lisp platform and have little to
> do with the proprietary code.

the socket interface is re-exported from EXT, so you _can_ use them in
a proprietary image.

> PS. After reading the e-mail between RMS and Sam, I think 2) could
> have some trouble. Even Sam proposed dual version of CLisp systems,
> one with readline and one without readline, RMS didn't agree that the
> one without readline could be released under LGPL.

RMS was talking to _Bruno Haible_, not me!
did you bother to look at the headers?!


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