From e1cc65db3a6892627484b990a9a6641bfffed33e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Kangas Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 15:43:16 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Remove part about re-using XEmacs code from FAQ * doc/misc/efaq.texi (Difference between Emacs and XEmacs): Remove part about re-using XEmacs code; this is not likely to be relevant these days and in any case is not a frequently asked question. --- doc/misc/efaq.texi | 9 --------- 1 file changed, 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/misc/efaq.texi b/doc/misc/efaq.texi index 462eb4cf3a..f0a38cd353 100644 --- a/doc/misc/efaq.texi +++ b/doc/misc/efaq.texi @@ -3548,15 +3548,6 @@ Difference between Emacs and XEmacs party packages have either stopped supporting XEmacs or were developed exclusively for Emacs. -Some XEmacs code has been contributed to Emacs, and we would like to -use other parts, but the earlier XEmacs maintainers did not always -keep track of the authors of contributed code, which makes it -impossible for the FSF to get copyright papers signed for that code. -(The FSF requires these papers for all the code included in the Emacs -release, aside from generic C support packages that retain their -separate identity and are not integrated into the code of Emacs -proper.) - If you want to talk about these two versions and distinguish them, please call them ``Emacs'' and ``XEmacs.'' To contrast ``XEmacs'' with ``GNU Emacs'' would be misleading, since XEmacs too has its -- 2.29.2