From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [ELPA] New package: xr Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2019 10:05:42 +0200 Message-ID: <83tvhdo089.fsf@gnu.org> References: <831s4lsz89.fsf@gnu.org> <834l9fsm0h.fsf@gnu.org> <83ftsyrbna.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="58404"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 09 09:06:54 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gsNf4-000F4o-5f for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2019 09:06:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42382 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gsNf2-0000ti-Qf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2019 03:06:52 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:56111) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gsNeK-0000tM-3M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2019 03:06:08 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:47680) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gsNeK-0007M7-14; Sat, 09 Feb 2019 03:06:08 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=2209 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1gsNeD-0007jk-Tz; Sat, 09 Feb 2019 03:06:02 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Richard Stallman on Fri, 08 Feb 2019 22:38:00 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:233160 Archived-At: > From: Richard Stallman > Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 22:38:00 -0500 > > > And if that is not enough for some reason, then what exactly should > > the contributor of a package say, and where, to express such a > > statement? > > I expect that saying "my file foo is a change to Emacs" is enough. Saying where? > > Also, there are packages distributed with Emacs which can be > > considered not "clearly" a change to Emacs -- should the same policy > > be used for them? E.g., Gnus or Org or ERC -- they are add-ons that > > have no direct effect on the Emacs core. > > We treat ERC, Gnus and Org Mode as parts of Emacs for copyright purposes. I know, but what I don't understand is how ERC etc. are different from a package stored on ELPA. Could you please clarify the difference, if there is one?