From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Robert J. Chassell" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Strange change in bytecmop.el Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 11:39:04 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <87sly54b2s.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <85ek9o40hg.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85mzobzlvk.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> Reply-To: bob@rattlesnake.com NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1122293606 11131 80.91.229.2 (25 Jul 2005 12:13:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 12:13:26 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 25 14:13:20 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dx1p7-0005sP-Lm for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 14:12:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dx1rP-0006BY-1U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 08:15:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Dx1kx-0002vW-HT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 08:08:27 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Dx1ku-0002uN-Pw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 08:08:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dx1g8-0001MN-9o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 08:03:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [69.168.108.225] (helo=rattlesnake.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Dx1T3-0007ZQ-TS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 07:49:58 -0400 Original-Received: by rattlesnake.com via sendmail from stdin id (Debian Smail3.2.0.115) Mon, 25 Jul 2005 11:39:04 +0000 (UTC) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-reply-to: <85mzobzlvk.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (message from David Kastrup on Mon, 25 Jul 2005 03:59:27 +0200) 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:41204 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:41204 David Kastrup wrote, XEmacs, after all, does meet the criteria of free software. Actually and unfortunately, we do not know whether it does. Certainly, the main authors intend that. But they have not collected the legal paperwork necessary to prove it to a hostile court. I agree that Forcing the maintainers ... to have different distribution paths ... is wrong. But the sad truth is that legally (although not morally) the effort is a waste for themselves and others until the very bothersome legal requirements are met. -- Robert J. Chassell bob@rattlesnake.com GnuPG Key ID: 004B4AC8 http://www.rattlesnake.com http://www.teak.cc