From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: NonGNU ELPA rules regarding nonfree software Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 22:35:19 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87eeayyeua.fsf@ypei.me> <87im06vteb.fsf@ypei.me> <87fsvavtam.fsf@ypei.me> <87fsv7udwb.fsf@ypei.me> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="31173"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Yuchen Pei Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 19 04:36:12 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mGXue-0007rR-48 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 19 Aug 2021 04:36:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43380 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mGXuc-0000YH-KV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 18 Aug 2021 22:36:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:50328) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mGXtn-0007mg-SB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Aug 2021 22:35:19 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:55418) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mGXtn-0006sK-Jn; Wed, 18 Aug 2021 22:35:19 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mGXtn-0004gZ-5N; Wed, 18 Aug 2021 22:35:19 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87fsv7udwb.fsf@ypei.me> (message from Yuchen Pei on Wed, 18 Aug 2021 22:37:56 +1000) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:272631 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. ]]] > Thanks, done. It looks like this case is not a violation > according to the standards refrence node > > because the nonfree programs are well known, people who don't use > the nonfree programs are not likely to use them because of the > package, That seems conclusive. and people who use the nonfree programs can use the free > program that is the package. I don't understand that last bit, but I think the conclusion is valid. -- Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org) Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org) Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)