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From: "Eric Schulte" <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
To: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: elpa.gnu.org repository sync with Emacs
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:32:13 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r5elqab6.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87tyjh3xgo.fsf@lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:00:39 -0600")

Hi Ted,

Thanks for the thorough reply, this clears everything up.

Best -- Eric

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:29:12 -0700 "Eric Schulte"
> <schulte.eric@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ES> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
>>> 
>>> But since the FSF-copyright assignment regime would still apply to
>>> ELPA, we'd wouldn't be able to accept big packages like auctex anyway?
>
> ES> If this is true and ELPA has the same strict copyright restrictions as
> ES> the Emacs core, then IMO we're losing a significant portion of the
> ES> benefit of ELPA.
>
> It's *not* ELPA, it's elpa.gnu.org.  Tom Tromey runs ELPA.  I make the
> distinction again because it matters:
>
> ES> There are many packages which will never secure sufficient copyright
> ES> permissions to be included into Emacs.  Such packages were previously
> ES> available through ELPA.  Where can these packages live now?
>
> Tom Tromey's ELPA (http://tromey.com/elpa/) will not go away.  You can
> also host your own ELPA-style package repository.  All you need is a web
> site with a package directory.
>
> The only thing that makes elpa.gnu.org special is that some of the
> package repositories it hosts will be enabled by default with Emacs 24.
> But this requires that elpa.gnu.org only host assigned packages, unlike
> Tom Tromey's ELPA.
>
> ES> Would it make sense to setup a second ELPA repository for non-FSF
> ES> software?
>
> Yes and I suggested it to the Emacs maintainers a while ago, but Tom
> Tromey's ELPA may be sufficient (and also see ELL at
> http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/sje30/emacs/ell.html and
> http://www.emacswiki.org/ElispArea).  I think we should concentrate on
> getting elpa.gnu.org operational first and then cast a wider net.
>
> Ted



  reply	other threads:[~2010-11-16 20:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 93+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-11-15 15:40 ELPA policy Julien Danjou
2010-11-15 17:09 ` Chong Yidong
2010-11-15 18:53   ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-15 20:33     ` Chong Yidong
2010-11-15 21:41       ` rainbow-mode (was: ELPA policy) Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-15 21:52         ` Drew Adams
2010-11-15 22:06           ` rainbow-mode Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-16  5:11             ` rainbow-mode Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-11-16 13:25               ` rainbow-mode Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-16 14:03                 ` rainbow-mode Ted Zlatanov
2010-11-16 14:22                   ` rainbow-mode Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-16 14:44                     ` rainbow-mode Ted Zlatanov
2010-11-16 14:50                       ` rainbow-mode Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-16 15:05                         ` rainbow-mode Ted Zlatanov
2010-11-16 15:53                       ` rainbow-mode Julien Danjou
2010-11-16 15:39               ` rainbow-mode Drew Adams
2010-11-17  4:02                 ` rainbow-mode Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-11-15 21:56         ` rainbow-mode Chong Yidong
2010-11-15 22:05           ` rainbow-mode Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-16  3:15           ` rainbow-mode Glenn Morris
2010-11-16  4:06             ` rainbow-mode Chong Yidong
2010-11-16  5:55             ` rainbow-mode Stefan Monnier
2010-11-16 13:50             ` elpa.gnu.org repository sync with Emacs (was: rainbow-mode) Ted Zlatanov
2010-11-16 15:01               ` elpa.gnu.org repository sync with Emacs Chong Yidong
2010-11-16 15:14                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-11-16 17:28                   ` Stefan Monnier
2010-11-16 18:10                     ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-11-16 19:14                       ` Stefan Monnier
2010-11-16 19:40                         ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-11-16 20:02                           ` Chong Yidong
2010-11-16 21:21                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-11-16 17:17                 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-11-16 18:00                   ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-16 18:05                     ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-11-16 18:11                       ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-17  8:01                       ` AUCTeX inclusion [Re: elpa.gnu.org repository sync with Emacs] Dan Nicolaescu
2010-11-17 15:00                         ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-11-18  4:25                           ` Dan Nicolaescu
2010-11-19  6:16                         ` Richard Stallman
2010-11-20  7:45                           ` Dan Nicolaescu
2010-11-20  8:20                             ` David Kastrup
2010-11-22 14:56                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-11-16 18:29                     ` elpa.gnu.org repository sync with Emacs Eric Schulte
2010-11-16 19:00                       ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-11-16 20:32                         ` Eric Schulte [this message]
2010-11-17 19:29                         ` Richard Stallman
2010-11-17 19:45                           ` Drew Adams
2010-11-17 20:58                             ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-11-17 22:19                               ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-19  6:16                                 ` Richard Stallman
2010-11-17 23:17                               ` Jambunathan K
2010-11-17 23:34                                 ` Jambunathan K
2010-11-18 15:40                                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-11-20 10:05                               ` Byung-Hee HWANG
2010-11-20 15:26                                 ` Drew Adams
2010-11-22 14:47                                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-11-22 16:47                                   ` Chong Yidong
2010-11-22 18:48                                     ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-11-23 17:19                                     ` Richard Stallman
2010-11-23 17:58                                       ` Drew Adams
2010-11-22 16:48                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2010-11-18  0:01                           ` Stefan Monnier
2010-11-18 21:27                             ` Drew Adams
2010-11-16 19:10                       ` Stefan Monnier
2010-11-16 19:24                     ` Stefan Monnier
2010-11-16 19:44                     ` Tom Tromey
2010-11-16 20:21                       ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-16 21:37                         ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-11-16 21:41                           ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-17  4:04                   ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-11-15 21:06     ` ELPA policy Edward O'Connor
2010-11-16  3:26   ` Glenn Morris
2010-11-15 17:27 ` elpa.gnu.org policy (was: ELPA policy) Ted Zlatanov
2010-11-15 18:01   ` elpa.gnu.org policy Lluís
2010-11-15 18:43     ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-11-15 20:19       ` Chong Yidong
2010-11-15 21:46         ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-15 22:06           ` Tom Tromey
2010-11-15 22:20           ` Chong Yidong
2010-11-15 22:29             ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-16  4:03               ` Glenn Morris
2010-11-16 13:31                 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-16 14:10                   ` compat unification (was: elpa.gnu.org policy) Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-16 15:31                     ` compat unification Stefan Monnier
2010-11-16 15:44                       ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-16 22:20                         ` Glenn Morris
2010-11-16 15:56                   ` elpa.gnu.org policy Drew Adams
2010-11-15 18:50 ` ELPA policy Tom Tromey
2010-11-15 22:10   ` Glenn Morris
2010-11-15 19:35 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-11-15 20:12   ` Chong Yidong
2010-11-15 21:59     ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-11-16 21:23 ` Richard Stallman

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