Re: [fink-core] Running Octave from Fink?
Sergei Steshenko <[email protected]>
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----- Original Message ----- > From: Richard Stallman <[email protected]> > To: Sergei Steshenko <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 6:08 AM > Subject: Re: [fink-core] Running Octave from Fink? > > "We cannot allow people to add nonfree code to GPL-covered > programs." - not only you _can_, you _do_. > > I suggest to read the GPL FAQ. As long as there is no distribution > of code (and distributing code between the same company sites is > _not_ distribution according to the FAQ), people can do with GPL > code whatever they like. > > that's true, but aren't we talking about distributing compiled programs? > That is the only case for which the system library exception is relevant. > It is an exception in the terms for distributing compiled programs. > > -- > Dr Richard Stallman > President, Free Software Foundation > 51 Franklin St > Boston MA 02110 > USA > www.fsf.org www.gnu.org > Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. > Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call > "aren't we talking about distributing compiled programs?" - no, we are _not_. Regards, Sergei.