From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Richard M. Stallman" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Release plans Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:48:24 -0400 Message-ID: References: <335607.35573.qm@web95005.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1217973030 25857 80.91.229.12 (5 Aug 2008 21:50:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 21:50:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: acm@muc.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: dhruva Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 05 23:51:20 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KQUQT-0005GG-PW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:50:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36403 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KQUPX-0006HF-C8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:49:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KQUPR-0006Dk-Vu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:49:38 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KQUPQ-0006AX-GX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:49:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43986 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KQUPQ-0006AJ-7P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:49:36 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:50427) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KQUPP-0004Z0-SI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:49:36 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1KQUOG-0002lb-J6; Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:48:24 -0400 In-reply-to: <335607.35573.qm@web95005.mail.in2.yahoo.com> (message from dhruva on Tue, 5 Aug 2008 08:23:36 +0530 (IST)) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:102105 Archived-At: From my limited understanding of the complex free/freedom in software, it attracts only the real hackers. I have met many people who support the free software movement as a political issue even though they are not programmers. Perhaps your experience is limited to a narrow segment of society. Not everyone wants access to the source code when they cannot modify it. Some people do not see the deeper and larger consequences of free software, so they think about the question purely in terms of what they personally can or will do. This is a common tendency in our society, which encourages it because it makes people pliable for business. People with these ideas, if not good programmers themselves, may not realize how important the four freedoms are to everyone. I explain this issue in my speeches about free software. Our mission is to teach them to value these freedoms -- not follow their failure to do so.