From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Lawyer's evaluation Date: 25 Sep 2003 14:42:47 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <871xud8z7j.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> <87vfro7uga.fsf@tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1064496141 552 80.91.224.253 (25 Sep 2003 13:22:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 13:22:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: miles@gnu.org, stephen@xemacs.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, "Kim F. Storm" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 25 15:22:18 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A2W4Y-0003lE-00 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 15:22:18 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A2WBk-0002HR-00 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 15:29:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A2VTF-0008SF-BD for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 08:43:45 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 1A2VSe-0008Ra-JW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 08:43:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 1A2VSc-0008R4-3D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 08:43:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [62.226.12.167] (helo=localhost.localdomain) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.22) id 1A2VSZ-0008Pf-8P; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 08:43:03 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h8PCgpc7024496 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 25 Sep 2003 14:42:53 +0200 Original-Received: (from dak@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h8PCglw1024492; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 14:42:48 +0200 Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 24 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:16630 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:16630 Richard Stallman writes: > I like this version, overall. > > What about combining things like this: > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Emacs is Free Software, developed by the GNU project, and protected > by the Free Software Foundation. > > Emacs is released under the General Public License (GPL) which states > and protects additional rights that you possess, the rights that > constitute true software freedom and ensure that GNU Emacs is, and > always will be, truly free software. > ... I'd remove "true" and "truly" here, probably a matter of taste. It implies that other people may be liars when using this term. Also, there are some other forms of free software which are not "false free software", but rather less protected against unfree versions. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum