Re: Emacs Webapp/Plugin

[Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>]

    > For one thing, I am concerned people might use it in Chrome, which is
    > nonfree software with a universal back door.  If that caught on, it
    > would be a disaster in terms of our primary goal: giving users
    > freedom.
    >

    People use Emacs every day on Windows, which is nonfree software with a
    universal back door AND a malevolent management team antithetical to users
    freedom.

So what?  I hope you don't think ethical conclusions depend only on
the FORM of the situation.  There is a difference between an enemy 100
miles away and an enemy outside your door.

Using Emacs on a nonfree system is bad, but nothing new.  Turning
Emacs into an extension for a nonfree browser would be a big change
for the worse.  We will try to prevent that.

    The mobile computing paradigm, small computing devices that act as clients
    to data on servers, is a fact of life for the foreseeable future, 

It cannot be reconciled with the goals of the free software movement,
so our mission includes changing that.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software.
  Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call