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: Sat, 03 Feb 2018 22:09:01 -0500 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1517713675 16707 195.159.176.226 (4 Feb 2018 03:07:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2018 03:07:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: George Plymale II Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 04 04:07:51 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 1eiAeG-0002Ki-PJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 Feb 2018 04:07:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52634 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eiAgI-0005Av-1M for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 03 Feb 2018 22:09:26 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40303) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eiAg3-00058C-Cy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Feb 2018 22:09:12 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eiAg2-0003xI-Dq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Feb 2018 22:09:11 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:50624) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eiAfu-0003nv-BH; Sat, 03 Feb 2018 22:09:02 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1eiAft-0003pJ-0d; Sat, 03 Feb 2018 22:09:01 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from George Plymale II on Fri, 02 Feb 2018 02:24:53 -0500) 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:222488 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. ]]] > Honestly, though, the GPL is just a different set of restrictions. And, > contrary to popular belief, it restricts users as well as > developers. Users are restricted from sharing or modifying this program, > except under certain conditions, by the barrier of copyright > issues. It's just the opposite: the GNU GPL _prevents_ restrictions. It assures that all users can freely redistribute the program, by stopping middlemen from putting on restrictions. You look at freedom as a word game, so you say, "Hay, if I can't put on restrictions, that's a restriction on me." That paradox doesn't bother us because we understand freedom as a matter of substance, not a matter of form. We judge by the substantive question: are users free to do the things that give them control over the program? You don't have to agree with us, but arguing against our philosophy is outside the purpose of this list. This list is for Emacs development. -- 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.