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
next prev parent 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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