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From: | Stefan Monnier |
Subject: | Re: non-gnu elpa issue tracking |
Date: | Thu, 10 Dec 2020 10:48:43 -0500 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> Am I correct to understand that if some developers decide that they do > not want their package included in non-GNU ELPA, the only way that > they can enforce this decision is to use a less permissive license for > future releases? Yes and no: the legality of distributing an ELisp package with a license that is not compatible with GPLv3+ is dubious (because that code likely can't run without linking to Emacs which is GPLv3+). So it's not clear whether they could legally use a less permissive license. Stefan
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