GNU bug report logs - #14732
Package dos-mode for ELPA

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: lekktu <at> gmail.com, 14732 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, arnima <at> hafro.is
Subject: bug#14732: Package dos-mode for ELPA
Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 22:18:35 +0300

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:11:31 -0400
> Cc: Arni Magnusson <arnima <at> hafro.is>, 14732 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > Of course, I suppose that if I try to add support (font-locking.
> > mostly) for TCC, the proprietary command interpreter part of
> > TakeCommand, I will be shoot down, even if CMD itself is not exactly
> > free software...
> 
> Right, support for DOS/Windows batch files is indeed borderline in
> this respect.  I considered it acceptable on the basis that the GPL
> accepts linking with proprietary libraries as long as they are "part of
> the basic OS" and I think cmd.exe also fits this description of "the
> basic OS".

Look at that this way: you don't support cmd, you support people who
write batch files to build and run free software.

> That same argument wouldn't work for TCC.

Why does it work for csh, then?

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.