Path: gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net! zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!gnu.ai.mit.edu!rms From: r...@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Richard Stallman) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Subject: Emacs and memory extenders Date: 9 Apr 1993 17:07:48 -0400 Organization: Gatewayed from the GNU Project mailing list help-gnu-em...@prep.ai.mit.edu Lines: 17 Sender: dae...@cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: world Message-ID: <9304092105.AA19179@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu> I've concluded that the GPL does allow distributing Emacs linked with a memory extender *provided* the extender comes with the compiler you compile it with. This portion of the GPL permits it, because the compiler counts as a major component of the operating system. ...the source code distributed need not include anything that is normally distributed (in either source or binary form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the operating system on which the executable runs... So there's no problem with the Windows port that was announced a couple of days ago. I had to let some time elapse so I could feel confident of this conclusion, before stating it.