Re: as for Calc and the math library

[Nicolas Martyanoff <nicolas@n16f.net>]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Nicolas Martyanoff <nicolas@n16f.net>
>> Cc: arthur miller <arthur.miller@live.com>,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
>> Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 13:23:27 +0200
>> 
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> 
>> >> From: arthur miller <arthur.miller@live.com>
>> >> Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 05:30:08 +0000
>> >> 
>> >> Even better, given people proper FFI so they can import and use any of the tens
>> >> or hundreds of quality math libraries available.
>> >
>> > Not going to happen, and you know it.
>> 
>> Naïve question, why?
>
> Because providing FFI would allow using non-free libraries in Emacs.
>
> We made the effort to allow loading dynamic modules precisely for this
> reason: to allow free libraries to be used, but not non-free ones.

You absolutely can use non-free dynamic modules: enforcing the existence
of a symbol saying "I promise I'm free" does not change anything. One
could also easily add a free dynamic module that calls non-free
libraries.

It is sad to see Emacs being hamstrung and users being limited because
someone could do something that would have no impact whatsoever with the
project or any other user.

But your software your rules.

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