* Tommi Komulainen <[email protected]> [2021-03-03 22:26]: > > Or does @gnusupport think that merely using GNU Emacs to run Spacemacs > > makes Spacemacs into an Emacs distribution? **Edit:** On further reading > > https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLPlugins, maybe they do. It is > > very confusing.
Yes, it is new work based on mainstream Emacs. It depends on Emacs and modifies Emacs in such a way to provide new work. That is fine and I encourage it and I like it. Please see the GPL3 where it says: To "modify" a work means to copy from or adapt all or part of the work in a fashion requiring copyright permission, other than the making of an exact copy. The resulting work is called a "modified version" of the earlier work or a work "based on" the earlier work. Spacemacs is based on the earlier work (Emacs). It combines various parts and various software into one whole.
