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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
Cc: Arash Esbati <arash@gnu.org>,  Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
	emacs-devel@gnu.org,  Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>,
	"Protesilaos Stavrou" <info@protesilaos.com>,
	 Jose E. Marchesi <jemarch@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: License Notice for ELPA packages
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2024 09:18:43 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvo74xkm23.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ikv5m2j3.fsf@posteo.net> (Philip Kaludercic's message of "Mon,  09 Sep 2024 12:31:44 +0000")

>>> So historically we have accepted both "is part of GNU Emacs" and "is NOT
>>> part of GNU Emacs".  IMO the better choice is to say neither.
>> Thanks for your response.  I installed this notice for AUCTeX files:
>> ;; This file is part of AUCTeX.
> While not wrong, I believe that this might confuse people in the future,
> just like you were confused about the different instances of "is part"
> and "is NOT part" found in different packages.  Some might interpret
> this as "what if any is the closest GNU project the file belongs to?".

I don't understand: why would they restrict themselves to "GNU projects"?


        Stefan




  reply	other threads:[~2024-09-09 13:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-09-05 19:41 License Notice for ELPA packages Arash Esbati
2024-09-05 19:56 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-09-07  9:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-09-07 10:47   ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-09-07 11:05     ` Protesilaos Stavrou
2024-09-07 13:07     ` Arash Esbati
2024-09-07 13:11       ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-09-07 21:11     ` Stefan Monnier
2024-09-08  4:32       ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-09-08  9:21         ` Stefan Monnier
2024-09-08 22:03       ` Arash Esbati
2024-09-09 12:31         ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-09-09 13:18           ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2024-09-11  7:28             ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-09-20  4:15       ` Emanuel Berg

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