From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Loading a package applies automatically to future sessions? Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2018 21:12:11 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87tvv0msbe.fsf@rub.de> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1517537933 1151 195.159.176.226 (2 Feb 2018 02:18:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 02:18:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stephen Berman , monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: georgedp@orbitalimpact.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 02 03:18:48 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ehQw7-0008CF-0N for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Feb 2018 03:18:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55163 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ehQy7-0005eJ-I7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Feb 2018 21:20:47 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53794) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ehQu9-0002jc-7V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Feb 2018 21:20:41 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ehQt5-0005wp-80 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Feb 2018 21:16:41 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:59125) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ehQpn-0001iY-So; Thu, 01 Feb 2018 21:12:11 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ehQpn-0001fo-FY; Thu, 01 Feb 2018 21:12:11 -0500 In-reply-to: <87tvv0msbe.fsf@rub.de> (message from Stephen Berman on Thu, 01 Feb 2018 20:19:01 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:222388 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. ]]] > This kind of stuff doesn't encourage any openness Our goal is freedom for all users of software -- much more than "openness". We release programs under a copyleft license such as the GNU GPL in order to defend freedom for all users. We ask for copyright assignments so we can enforce the GPL better in court. It's all part of a careful plan for achieving freedom. See https://gnu.org/licenses/copyleft.html for more explanation, and https://gnu.org/licenses/why-assign.html. Our goal is not "openness" -- we don't use that word. We campaign for users' freedom, specifically to control the software they use. See https://gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html for more explanation of the difference between free software and open source. See also https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-meme-hustler for Evgeny Morozov's article on the same point. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org) Skype: No way! See https://stallman.org/skype.html.