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> From: Mehdi Sabraoui <sabraoui.m@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2020 18:44:37 -0500
> 
> I, like others I've spoken to, were confused by the casual shorthand
> of emacs. I'm proposing extending it to the more formal e-macs to
> avoid this sort of confusion for new users in the future. Attached is
> the diff of the change.

Thank you.  I don't think we will be changing the way "emacs" is
spelled.

> After review and discussion, can you send me the copyright
> assignment?

Sent off-list.