Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 18:31:51 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.ORG> To: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Richard Stallman came to town Message-ID: <19990515183151.D39878@bitbox.follo.net> In-Reply-To: <000001be9ea2$4416ad60$021d85d1@whenever.youwant.to>; from David Schwartz on Sat, May 15, 1999 at 12:12:17AM -0700 References: <199905150708.AAA06775@usr09.primenet.com> <000001be9ea2$4416ad60$021d85d1@whenever.youwant.to>
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On Sat, May 15, 1999 at 12:12:17AM -0700, David Schwartz wrote: > > He's quite precise: > > The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for > making modifications to it. For an executable work, complete source > code means all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any > associated interface definition files, plus the scripts used to > control compilation and installation of the executable. However, as a > special exception, 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, unless that component > itself accompanies the executable. Where is the version control tree for Emacs, then? That's *my* preferred form for making modifications. Arguments about the need to check out a source code version will be met with arguments about the need to load up code in an editor for me to edit it, and if necessary an extension to a relevant editor that let me load it up directly from the repository :-) Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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