Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > If there is no distribution or publishing going on -- if you are writing >> > the additional code which is being incorporated into the program -- >> > there is no problem. You have full rights to everything you write and >> > you're giving everyone who has a copy (yourself) all the rights the GPL >> > demands (for example, you have the right to give all others GPLed rights >> > to this work). > > On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 03:48:59PM -0400, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: >> This conflicts with what you've been saying for the past week or so -- >> you've been asserting that I can't combine gcc and metafont, or Emacs >> and OpenSSL, without violating the GPL. >> >> Now you're changing your story. > > I thought I changed my story a while ago (when I looked up metafont and > found it was available under the terms of the GPL)? > > Let's go for emacs and openssl. If there is no distribution of > emacs+openssl, then there is no problem. Are you asserting that this > is the case?
Yes. I am asserting that I can combine OpenSSL and Emacs code to produce an arbitrary functional result, except that I may not remove Emacs' interactive startup notice unless I also remove its interactivity. -Brian -- Brian Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
