From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Lawyer's evaluation Date: 19 Sep 2003 08:16:16 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <871xud8z7j.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1063927199 20500 80.91.224.253 (18 Sep 2003 23:19:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 23:19:59 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 19 01:19:57 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A0845-0001kU-00 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 01:19:57 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A088H-0001ua-00 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 01:24:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A081c-0007iL-Va for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 19:17:24 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 1A081Q-0007ep-RD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 19:17:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 1A081B-0007Wf-Bw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 19:16:57 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A080Z-0007Nu-FB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 19:16:19 -0400 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A080F-0006VG-00 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 01:15:59 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Received: from sea.gmane.org ([80.91.224.252]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A080E-0006V8-00 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 01:15:58 +0200 Original-Received: from news by sea.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A080X-0004wq-00 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 01:16:17 +0200 Original-Lines: 25 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:16474 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:16474 Richard Stallman writes: > I asked our lawyer to evaluate a recent version of the proposal. ... > A statement that "Emacs is free software," and a button to get more > information on free software seems possible to me. Yeah, I agree -- in my mind, perhaps the _most_ important (important to me, that is :-) thing to say while you've got the user's attention, is `This is Free Software (as in freedom), there's a lot more of it, and a great community to back it up. Wanna join?' My version is a bit fanboyish sounding, but you get the idea. A single short and concise paragraph at the start of the longer text seems like the right place; I don't think it has to smoothly flow into the rest. Come to think of it, a similar statement in the emacs splash screen, complete with clickable button to bring up a web browser (where that's possible; I guess in windows it should always be) wouldn't be a bad idea. -Miles -- Yo mama's so fat when she gets on an elevator it HAS to go down.