Re: [fink-core] Running Octave from Fink?

[Sergei Steshenko]

----- Original Message -----
> From: Richard Stallman <address@hidden>
> To: Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden; address@hidden; address@hidden; address@hidden; 
> address@hidden; address@hidden
> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 6:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [fink-core] Running Octave from Fink?
> 
>     "We cannot allow people to add nonfree code to GPL-covered
>     programs." - not only you _can_, you _do_.
> 
>     I suggest to read the GPL FAQ. As long as there is no distribution
>     of code (and distributing code between the same company sites is
>     _not_ distribution according to the FAQ), people can do with GPL
>     code whatever they like.
> 
> that's true, but aren't we talking about distributing compiled programs?
> That is the only case for which the system library exception is relevant.
> It is an exception in the terms for distributing compiled programs.
> 
> -- 
> Dr Richard Stallman
> President, Free Software Foundation
> 51 Franklin St
> Boston MA 02110
> USA
> www.fsf.org  www.gnu.org
> Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software.
>   Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call
>

"aren't we talking about distributing compiled programs?" - no, we are _not_.

Regards,
  Sergei.