From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
To: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: dick.r.chiang@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: NonGNU or Commercial Emacs
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 17:37:36 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87czpekucf.fsf@yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1mPEaI-0002a1-In@fencepost.gnu.org> (Richard Stallman's message of "Sat, 11 Sep 2021 21:47:06 -0400")
Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
> Would you please show me the actual text which strikes you as "extorsion"
> or "trying to extract compromises"? If it is text in some other part of
> that site, I'd like to see it and think about it.
From the README file on that page (which requires JavaScript to be
displayed, I think):
> Isn't this xemacs all over again?
> Ah, but if it could reach those heights. If by some miracle it did, the
> choices for the FSF are the same as before: enlist RMS to embark on a
> coding frenzy that achieves feature parity, grant myself commit rights,
> or continue not noticing me. If my history of user acquisition is any
> indication, the last outcome is most likely.
Perhaps I chose the word 'extorsion' poorly, but if so could anyone tell
me a better word for "demanding commit rights"? I think my grasp of the
English language is not always as good as I think it is.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-12 9:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-09 13:25 NonGNU or Commercial Emacs (was: Gitlab Migration) dick
2021-09-09 16:46 ` NonGNU or Commercial Emacs Kévin Le Gouguec
2021-09-10 1:04 ` Po Lu
2021-09-10 1:14 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2021-09-12 1:47 ` Richard Stallman
2021-09-12 1:47 ` Richard Stallman
2021-09-12 9:37 ` Po Lu [this message]
2021-09-12 11:08 ` Arthur Miller
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