Gosling Emacs?

Chris Hibbert chris at grkermit.UUCP
Tue Dec 20 23:41:30 AEST 1983


Gosling's EMACS was never public domain.  For a while it was free, but
even then there were distribution restrictions.  (You had to tell him
every time you got a copy for a new site.)  The copyright notices have
always been prominently displayed, so Gosling owned it both legally and
morally.  (Assuming you believe in the morality of owning your own
ideas and creations.)  

If you already have the pre-Unipress version, I believe it is still
acceptable to Unipress and Gosling if you want to trade fixes and
enhancements, but you shouldn't be able to get copies for machines that
aren't already running it.

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