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: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 17:53:05 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87a7wsi1nx.fsf@passepartout.tim-landscheidt.de> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1517611949 3072 195.159.176.226 (2 Feb 2018 22:52:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 22:52:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Tim Landscheidt Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 02 23:52:25 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 1ehkBq-0008RD-Kg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Feb 2018 23:52:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39092 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ehkDr-00047u-Ro for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Feb 2018 17:54:19 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53319) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ehkCp-00046N-UY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Feb 2018 17:53:17 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ehkCp-0002oj-2F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Feb 2018 17:53:16 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:58896) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ehkCg-0002dU-3v; Fri, 02 Feb 2018 17:53:06 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ehkCf-0003Eg-On; Fri, 02 Feb 2018 17:53:05 -0500 In-reply-to: <87a7wsi1nx.fsf@passepartout.tim-landscheidt.de> (message from Tim Landscheidt on Fri, 02 Feb 2018 02:08:18 +0000) 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:222444 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. ]]] > > What if they can't? What if I don't have parents? What if I live in > > foster homes and my legal guardian is frequently changed? I don't see > > how a policy which prevents such people from contributing to the project > > is very helpful. > I doubt that under those conditions someone could legally > release one's code under any licence or into the public do- > main; i. e. "a policy" means "every policy" in that context. I think you are right. (Though I hesitate to say it is _impossible_; there may be a legal avenue, but we'd need to ask a lawyer what it may be.) Our policy does not create the problem, but rather helps us avoid being oblivious to it.) -- 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.