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: Are ELPA files "part of GNU Emacs"? Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:41:36 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87liled17y.fsf@gnu.org> <87ipgh25s0.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1335786114 30870 80.91.229.3 (30 Apr 2012 11:41:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:41:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Bastien , rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 30 13:41:52 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SOozF-0007Jg-VR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:41:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40562 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SOozF-0000Ys-9a for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:41:49 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53378) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SOozD-0000Yn-4I for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:41:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SOozB-0008Sq-Gn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:41:46 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.143.162]:4066) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SOoz6-0008SR-QW; Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:41:40 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApYIACxOgk9MCpLK/2dsb2JhbABDuCMDgQyBCIIJAQEEAVYjBQsLDiYSFBgNJIgcBbYyi2GEeQSkRYFdgwM X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.75,391,1330923600"; d="scan'208";a="177737310" Original-Received: from 76-10-146-202.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([76.10.146.202]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 30 Apr 2012 07:41:37 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id B2AE858FEA; Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:41:36 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87ipgh25s0.fsf@gnu.org> (Chong Yidong's message of "Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:38:23 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.94 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.143.162 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:150153 Archived-At: >>> I see some ELPA files say they are part of GNU Emacs, some say they >>> are not part of GNU Emacs, some say they are part of another package >>> (e.g. auctex/tex.el is part of AUCTeX) -- and the rest say nothing. >>> I suggest they all say they are part of GNU ELPA, except for files in >>> packages like AUCTeX. >> I think they should not say they're part of Emacs, nor should they say >> they're not part of Emacs (they're kind of halfway, in my mind). > The question is regarding the GPL preamble in those files. I know, but the preamble should just say "This program is free software...". Stefan