From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: redisplay system of emacs
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:15:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y6ja5rtn.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: E1NcfNS-0008CL-Fk@fencepost.gnu.org
Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
> > By contrast, if we call our software an "ecosystem", then we take
> > an amoral stance. That's what we shouldn't do.
>
> The whole point is that most people can't be bothered. You can call
> that good or bad, but their use and distribution of free software is not
> governed by a moral stance.
>
> That is how things are. The point is, we are trying to change how
> things are, not just observe.
We won't change the way how things are by calling them what we'd want
them to be instead.
> Our mission is to lead them, not imitate them.
You can't lead anybody by telling him that he already is where you want
him to be. In particular if he isn't.
--
David Kastrup
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-02-03 14:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 125+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-01-29 19:48 redisplay system of emacs grischka
2010-01-30 5:39 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-01-30 9:53 ` David Kastrup
2010-01-30 11:01 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-01-30 11:08 ` David Kastrup
2010-01-30 11:54 ` Paul R
2010-01-30 13:52 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-01-30 11:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-01-30 12:53 ` Alan Mackenzie
2010-01-30 9:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-01-30 11:46 ` Richard Stallman
2010-01-30 12:11 ` Paul R
2010-01-30 13:26 ` Alan Mackenzie
2010-01-30 13:42 ` David Kastrup
2010-01-30 13:49 ` Juanma Barranquero
2010-01-30 13:54 ` Paul R
2010-01-30 15:15 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-01-30 15:07 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-01-31 12:41 ` Richard Stallman
2010-01-31 16:36 ` grischka
2010-02-01 21:06 ` Richard Stallman
2010-02-02 3:32 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-02-02 21:21 ` Richard Stallman
2010-02-02 21:42 ` David Kastrup
2010-02-03 0:24 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-02-03 6:45 ` David Kastrup
2010-02-03 13:34 ` Richard Stallman
2010-02-03 14:15 ` David Kastrup [this message]
2010-02-03 14:18 ` Daniel Colascione
2010-02-04 11:01 ` Richard Stallman
2010-02-03 2:48 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-02-03 12:19 ` Juanma Barranquero
2010-02-04 11:00 ` Richard Stallman
2010-02-04 11:06 ` Juanma Barranquero
2010-02-05 12:44 ` Richard Stallman
2010-02-05 18:37 ` grischka
2010-02-03 13:34 ` Richard Stallman
2010-02-03 17:26 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-02-03 17:45 ` David Kastrup
2010-02-03 18:35 ` grischka
2010-02-03 18:36 ` Óscar Fuentes
2010-02-03 19:03 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-02-03 20:31 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-02-03 20:37 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-02-04 8:23 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-02-04 23:18 ` Richard Stallman
2010-02-05 5:46 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-02-04 11:01 ` Richard Stallman
2010-02-04 11:38 ` David Kastrup
2010-02-05 19:08 ` Richard Stallman
2010-02-04 12:28 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-01-28 0:19 alin.s
2010-01-28 4:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-01-28 9:07 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-01-28 11:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-01-28 11:47 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-01-28 12:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-01-28 12:53 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-01-28 14:10 ` Miles Bader
2010-01-28 15:04 ` alin.s
2010-01-28 22:34 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-01-29 10:04 ` Paul R
2010-01-29 10:17 ` David Kastrup
2010-01-29 10:23 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-01-29 10:30 ` David Kastrup
2010-01-29 13:18 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-01-29 11:03 ` Miles Bader
2010-01-29 11:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-01-29 15:10 ` Miles Bader
2010-01-29 17:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-01-29 10:48 ` Paul R
2010-01-29 11:01 ` David Kastrup
2010-01-29 18:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-01-29 11:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-01-29 13:06 ` Paul R
2010-01-29 13:10 ` David Kastrup
2010-01-29 13:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-01-29 15:28 ` Chong Yidong
2010-01-29 18:35 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-01-29 18:56 ` Óscar Fuentes
2010-01-30 11:46 ` Richard Stallman
2010-01-30 12:51 ` Óscar Fuentes
2010-01-30 15:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-01-30 19:21 ` Óscar Fuentes
2010-01-30 21:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-01-31 9:32 ` David Kastrup
2010-01-31 12:41 ` Richard Stallman
2010-01-29 19:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-01-30 18:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-01-30 18:39 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-01-30 10:34 ` Fabian Ezequiel Gallina
2010-01-30 10:52 ` David Kastrup
2010-01-30 21:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-01-29 13:07 ` David Kastrup
2010-01-28 5:10 ` Ken Hori
2010-01-28 12:10 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-01-28 13:41 ` alin.s
2010-01-28 14:50 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-02-12 8:31 ` alin.s
2010-02-12 12:10 ` Juanma Barranquero
2010-02-12 13:41 ` alin.s
2010-02-12 12:49 ` Jan Djärv
2010-02-12 13:30 ` alin.s
2010-02-12 14:25 ` Jan Djärv
2010-02-12 14:37 ` alin.s
2010-02-12 14:53 ` alin.s
2010-02-12 15:11 ` Jan Djärv
2010-02-12 15:31 ` David Kastrup
2010-02-12 15:55 ` Jan Djärv
2010-02-12 16:53 ` alin.s
2010-02-12 18:55 ` David Kastrup
2010-02-14 19:13 ` alin.s
2010-02-17 13:14 ` Chong Yidong
2010-02-23 0:45 ` Giuseppe Scrivano
2010-02-23 3:01 ` David Reitter
2010-02-23 3:34 ` Tom Tromey
2010-02-23 14:31 ` Richard Stallman
2010-02-14 19:25 ` alin.s
2010-02-16 16:40 ` Davis Herring
2010-02-16 19:20 ` grischka
2010-02-16 19:55 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2010-02-17 13:56 ` alin.s
2010-02-16 20:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-02-16 20:56 ` grischka
2010-02-17 4:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
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