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RE: Gnus (newsreader) licensing
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Ludwig, Mark |
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RE: Gnus (newsreader) licensing |
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Fri, 10 Nov 2017 19:35:14 +0000 |
> From: Ayappan P2, Friday, November 10, 2017 8:27 AM
> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Gnus (newsreader) licensing
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> Hi ,
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> We are porting Emacs to IBM AIX operating system. As of part of getting
> legal approval for any opensource software, we do code scan.
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> While doing the code scan of Emacs, we encountered the following patent
> statements regarding slave Gnusae.
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> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/gnus/Slave-
> Gnusae.html
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> Does this mean we should not be using this feature freely ?
It looks like a joke, to me, but you should probably ask your lawyers.
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> Thanks
> Ayappan P