From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Lawyer's evaluation Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 08:05:47 -0400 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> <87fzimzrg4.fsf@tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1064493429 27770 80.91.224.253 (25 Sep 2003 12:37:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:37:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, miles@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 25 14:37:06 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 1A2VMo-0000wi-00 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 14:37:06 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A2VTy-0002BW-00 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 14:44:30 +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 1A2V7a-0004Da-Aa for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 08:21:22 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 1A2V6c-000463-B8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 08:20:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 1A2V6a-00045V-AE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 08:20:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A2UtH-0002EK-3W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 08:06:35 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.20) id 1A2UsV-0004IS-Ep; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 08:05:47 -0400 Original-To: "Stephen J. Turnbull" In-reply-to: <87fzimzrg4.fsf@tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> (stephen@xemacs.org) 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:16629 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:16629 Miles> `Emacs is Free Software' Miles> I.e. establish the term `Free Software' as a category. That would be nice, but I was unable to execute it. The problem is that many users think they already know what "free software" means. This is the free software movement. The idea that we should avoid mentioning "free software" is always unacceptable; no matter what reasons might be offered, they are not good enough.