From: Cesar Crusius <cesar.crusius@gmail.com>
To: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: Cesar Crusius <cesar.crusius@gmail.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: XOAUTH2 (GMail) auth source integration package now on github
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 08:04:44 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <pxwhftzdm3ub.fsf@ccrusius.svl.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1fqVWw-0000rc-2S@fencepost.gnu.org> (Richard Stallman's message of "Thu, 16 Aug 2018 23:34:30 -0400")
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Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
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>
> > The manual procedure for making the package work is not simple,
> > requiring one to navigate Google's "development console" in order
> > to create keys and such.
>
> I have to guess at what that means, but I suspect this is an
> unacceptable problem. I think the dependence on Google needs to be
> eliminated entirely before we can have this in GNU. Most Google
> services require the user to run nonfree software -- does this? For
> moral reasons we can't recommend that people run that.
>
> Also, the conditions for a Google account are unacceptable. For
> moral reasons we can't recommend that people make those accounts.
Yes -- for a variety of reasons, I don't think this is a good candidate for inclusion in ELPA or Emacs itself, but should stay as a standalone package (added to MELPA whenever I have the time or somebody else does it).
Strictly speaking, there is no dependency on Google at all in the package: it should work with any "XOAUTH2-compliant server." In practice, however, Gmail is the only reason people need support for XOAUTH2 authentication mechanisms, so it's a moot point.
Best,
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Cesar Crusius
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-08-17 15:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-08-14 16:38 XOAUTH2 (GMail) auth source integration package now on github Cesar Crusius
2018-08-16 2:51 ` Richard Stallman
2018-08-16 16:25 ` Cesar Crusius
2018-08-17 3:34 ` Richard Stallman
2018-08-17 3:34 ` Richard Stallman
2018-08-17 15:04 ` Cesar Crusius [this message]
2018-08-18 3:15 ` Richard Stallman
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