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From: ds@hollin.prime.com
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Public License Question
Message-ID: <211300003@hollin>
Date: 20 Aug 89 00:59:00 GMT
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Nf-From: hollin.prime.com!ds    Aug 19 20:59:00 1989


I understand that my company may not sell GNU EMACS, or any modification of
GNU EMACS, for profit, by virtue of the Public License terms contained in
and/or referenced by its copyright notice.

My first question is, if we write an Emacs-Lisp file that extends GNU EMACS in
a non-editing direction, can we sell the Emacs-Lisp file?  We would not sell
GNU EMACS with it (we can assume the buyer already has GNU EMACS).

My second question is, if we write a C program that is designed to be used
from GNU EMACS via its process buffer capabilities, extending EMACS in a
non-editing direction, can we sell the C program?

I am looking for a definitive answer from RMS or someone else representing
the FSF.

Thanks in advance!

David Spector
Prime Computer, Inc.
ds@primerd.prime.com