From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: New maintainer Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2015 21:36:28 -0400 Message-ID: References: <560CCEBA.9080607@online.de> <874miapdhs.fsf@openmailbox.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1443836218 6351 80.91.229.3 (3 Oct 2015 01:36:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 01:36:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: John Wiegley Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 03 03:36:50 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZiBkm-0008UJ-Sy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 03 Oct 2015 03:36:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36401 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZiBkl-0006qX-Iq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Oct 2015 21:36:47 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34426) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZiBkV-0006qO-9H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Oct 2015 21:36:32 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZiBkU-0003GS-9q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Oct 2015 21:36:31 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:33166) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZiBkS-0003DE-D3; Fri, 02 Oct 2015 21:36:28 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ZiBkS-0000a0-0z; Fri, 02 Oct 2015 21:36:28 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from John Wiegley on Thu, 01 Oct 2015 13:46:10 -0700) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:190757 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] GNU Emacs is part of the GNU Project, which is a technical project with a specific political aim: software freedom for all users. This goal includes all the software they use, not just the specific programs we develop. The GNU Emacs maintainer's responsibility is to take charge of Emacs on behalf of the GNU Project, and produce the best possible GNU Emacs -- which means, the one that advances our aim the most. Mostly, making Emacs better is a matter of practical improvements, but there are some exceptions. The maintainer's responsibility includes some tasks to support the GPL, both practically and politically. It includes getting copyright papers from contributors so we can enforce the GPL. It includes making sure dynamic loading resists GPL violation. It includes putting some GNU Project political statements into Emacs. It includes making sure nothing in Emacs disagrees with them. An Emacs maintainer has to be willing to undertake this part of the responsibility as well as the politically neutral bulk of the responsibility. The maintainer's job does not include personal political statements. Maintainers don't have to say they agree with the GNU Project's political positions, they just have to implement them wholeheartedly. However, a maintainer shouldn't publicly oppose our positions. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org) Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.