From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Release plans Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:03:43 -0400 Message-ID: References: <10697146.3630221218551689983.JavaMail.www@wwinf4615> <20080812171404.GB7999@muc.de> <20080813092057.GA3010@muc.de> <20080814083817.GA2593@muc.de> <877iak7xfp.fsf@skyscraper.fehenstaub.lan> <873al79akr.fsf@skyscraper.fehenstaub.lan> <48A5BAD7.8030302@emf.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1219046712 22708 80.91.229.12 (18 Aug 2008 08:05:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:05:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: lord@emf.net, hannes@saeurebad.de, joakim@verona.se, emacs-devel@gnu.org, ams@gnu.org, acm@muc.de To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 18 10:06:03 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KUzjn-0002Cg-CM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:05:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55973 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KUzip-0003sF-04 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:04:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KUzii-0003qM-F2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:04:08 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KUzig-0003q7-LH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:04:07 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=53652 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KUzig-0003q4-E8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:04:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:46688) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KUziX-0006vr-TN; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:03:58 -0400 Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.20]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KUziU-0006WE-39; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:03:54 -0400 Original-Received: from ceviche.home (vpn-132-204-232-22.acd.umontreal.ca [132.204.232.22]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m7I83i1l002822; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:03:45 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id C92A7B40C9; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:03:43 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Richard M. Stallman's message of "Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:14:45 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV3083=0 X-detected-kernel: by mx20.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:102583 Archived-At: > Emacs should of course just refuse to use functions in modules that are > not GPL compliant, not just inform the user that the moral integrity of > Emacs has been corrupted. > I don't think this is a solution, because it would be easy to patch out > the code that enforces that restriction. Ironically, in the US you might argue that doing that in order to link a non-GPL module is illegal because of the DMCA: it's trying to work around a technical device that enforces the copyright. Stefan