From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: George Plymale II Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Loading a package applies automatically to future sessions? 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[173.239.240.108]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id y62sm603847itg.11.2018.02.01.22.15.49 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Thu, 01 Feb 2018 22:15:49 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (message from Richard Stallman on Thu, 01 Feb 2018 21:12:11 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4001:c06::242 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:222411 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > Our goal is freedom for all users of software -- much more than > "openness". > > We release programs under a copyleft license such as the GNU GPL in > order to defend freedom for all users. We ask for copyright > assignments so we can enforce the GPL better in court. It's all part > of a careful plan for achieving freedom. > > See https://gnu.org/licenses/copyleft.html for more explanation, > and https://gnu.org/licenses/why-assign.html. > > Our goal is not "openness" -- we don't use that word. We campaign for > users' freedom, specifically to control the software they use. > > See https://gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html > for more explanation of the difference between free software and open > source. See also https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-meme-hustler for > Evgeny Morozov's article on the same point. By using the word "openness," I wasn't specifically referring to the open-source movement. I just meant that this policy decreases general openness in the community since there is a certain gate, if you will, which one must pass through in order to contribute to Emacs. The other thing which I meant regarding "openness" is succinctly expressed by Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos, one of the developers of GnuTLS: "(b) The feeling of participation in the GNU project is very low, as even expressing a different opinion in the internal mailing lists is hard if not impossible. (c) There is no process for decision making or transparency in GNU. The only existing process I saw is "Stallman said so" (this may not be bad, unless some threshold of disagreement has been reached - but then it is fair to be able to disassociate myself from the project)." ( from https://lwn.net/Articles/529565/ ) - George Plymale II