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Re: GPL question
From: |
Richard Tobin |
Subject: |
Re: GPL question |
Date: |
17 May 2007 20:14:51 GMT |
In article <853b1vwdvw.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>, David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> wrote:
>> I think you're misunderstanding my question. Aquamacs (as far as I
>> know) contains code to access Apple's graphical interface
>> libraries. As far as I know, there is no other implementation of
>> these. So according to your theory, when a user runs Aquamacs they
>> create a derivative work of MacOS X. If I required the FSF's
>> permission to distribute a work that links with readline (ignoring
>> that there is now an alternative implementation), surely I require
>> Apple's permission to distribute a program that links with their
>> libraries. This does not seem like a desirable situation.
>I propose that you read the license coming with the development
>version of Apple's libraries. Of course you will have to heed Apple's
>conditions for distributing their code.
I'm not suggesting that Apple does not allow you to do this. What I
find surprising is that Apple *could* legally stop people distributing
programs for their operating system.
So just to get this straight, do you agree that your theory would
allow Apple to do this?
-- Richard
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- Re: GPL question, (continued)
- Re: GPL question, Alexander Terekhov, 2007/05/16
- Re: GPL question, David Kastrup, 2007/05/16
- Re: GPL question, Richard Tobin, 2007/05/17
- Re: GPL question, David Kastrup, 2007/05/17
- Re: GPL question, Richard Tobin, 2007/05/17
- Re: GPL question, David Kastrup, 2007/05/17
- Re: GPL question, Richard Tobin, 2007/05/17
- Re: GPL question, David Kastrup, 2007/05/17
- Re: GPL question, Richard Tobin, 2007/05/17
- Re: GPL question, David Kastrup, 2007/05/17
- Re: GPL question,
Richard Tobin <=
- Re: GPL question, David Kastrup, 2007/05/17
- Re: GPL question, John Hasler, 2007/05/17
- Re: GPL question, Richard Tobin, 2007/05/17
- Re: GPL question, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2007/05/17
- Re: GPL question, Alexander Terekhov, 2007/05/18
- Re: GPL question, John Hasler, 2007/05/17
- Re: GPL question, Richard Tobin, 2007/05/17
- Re: GPL question, John Hasler, 2007/05/17
- Re: GPL question, Richard Tobin, 2007/05/17
- Re: GPL question, Alexander Terekhov, 2007/05/18