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Old 08-20-2011, 01:39 PM   #1
splintercdo
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GNU Emacs violates the GPL!!!

If somebody have missed it

http://www.networkworld.com/communit...s-violates-gpl

I hope developers will free GNU Emacs from the evil as soon as possible!

What you guys think about this?
 
Old 08-20-2011, 02:43 PM   #2
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A bit on the normal everyday side " stupid human errors ", typos mostly, and the occasional "oops" are normal .

Most programs fall into this from time to time .
 
Old 08-20-2011, 02:57 PM   #3
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Quote:
"every effort will be made to avoid deep sixing the latest Emacs releases"
That's a shame as the emacs man page was already rewritten to reflect its status.

// BTW personally I think five lines worth of signature are more than enough.
 
Old 08-20-2011, 04:08 PM   #4
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Very strange ! Say that Emacs is written by Richard M. Stallman the person who respects the most the GPL !!

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Last edited by allwimb; 12-12-2011 at 05:45 AM.
 
Old 08-20-2011, 08:19 PM   #5
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This is old news. Someone made a mistake. It's being fixed, if it hasn't been fixed already.
 
  


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