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Don't think Emacs package may be proprietary


From: Jean Louis
Subject: Don't think Emacs package may be proprietary
Date: Sun, 23 May 2021 16:09:07 +0300
User-agent: Mutt/2.0.6 (2021-03-06)

* Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com> [2021-05-23 15:49]:
> For official Gnu Software that is true, but onu can also make a
> package for emacs where the code is proprietary.

Not when released to public in any way. Internally in one's house
person may do what one wishes, internally in the company, company may
do what they want with it. 

They cannot sell it, or in any way release to public as license does
not allows it.

Emacs package modifies Emacs and requires Emacs to run and thus
creates modified version of Emacs and has to be GPL3+
compatible. Emacs package with Emacs editor make a combined
program. 

Read here: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLPlugins



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