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: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:14:36 -0400 Message-ID: References: <873al79akr.fsf@skyscraper.fehenstaub.lan> <48A5BAD7.8030302@emf.net> <48A740CB.4050404@emf.net> <20080816213508.GA8530@muc.de> <48A78EE4.50802@emf.net> <20080817080126.GB1294@muc.de> <48A86304.3020301@emf.net> <20080817210745.GA4335@muc.de> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1219040171 7183 80.91.229.12 (18 Aug 2008 06:16:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:16:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: lord@emf.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org, hannes@saeurebad.de, ams@gnu.org To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 18 08:17:03 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 1KUy33-0003cN-Ty for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:17:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33758 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KUy26-00057Z-U2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:16:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KUy21-00056q-ET for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:15:57 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KUy1z-00056e-Vp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:15:57 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42590 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KUy1z-00056b-Rb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:15:55 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:41370) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KUy20-0004ca-5K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:15:56 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1KUy0i-0005xa-F8; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:14:36 -0400 In-reply-to: <20080817210745.GA4335@muc.de> (message from Alan Mackenzie on Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:07:45 +0000) 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:102576 Archived-At: Here is what you don't see, or at least refuse to consider: a non-free add-on which becomes popular could be used maliciously to remove freedom from Emacs. Seen through your spectacles, every user is free to chose to use that add-on or not, so there's no problem. Even if the non-free add on does not go to the malicious lengths of the microsoft8.dll scenario, it is still a problem for users' freedom if it becomes popular.