> > AFAICS, the firmware is just a file served up to the device as needed
> > - no more a derivative work from the kernel than my homepage is a
> > derivative work of Apache.
>
> Indeed. But if you compiled your home page, linked it into Emacs to
> display on startup, and distributed the binary, the _combination_
> "Emacs+homepage" binary would be a derived work, and you'd be required
> to offer source for both parts.
In which case GNU Emacs violates the GPL by containing a copy of COPYING which
is more restricted than the GPL. After all it displays copying on a hotkey
combination
Is that really what you are trying to say ??
Alan
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Thu May 31 2001 - 21:00:38 EST