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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:322939 Archived-At: > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 4:57 AM > From: "Richard Stallman" > To: "Bj=C3=83=C2=B6rn Bidar" > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu=2Eorg, eliz@gnu=2Eorg > Subject: Re: Emacs ffi > > [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] > [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] > [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example=2E ]]] >=20 > > I think GPL compliance could be checked but I agree we can't require > > external libraries where Emacs is the minority to impose such > > requirements=2E Well technically we can but who will honor them? Doe= s the > > FFI interface have a system for such things? >=20 > Instead of thinking of this question as an abstract one, it will be > more productive to look at exanples=2E I think we will find that most > things people might want in the area of mathematical libraries are > available as GPL-compatible free software, and that most of the rest > come with an operating system's major components and would qualify for > the "system library" exception=2E >=20 > So maybe in practice the problematical case only rarely occurs=2E Why are we moving away from the built-in mathematical implementations in= =20 Emacs' Calc package ? Calc is a powerful tool and deeply integrated withi= n=20 Emacs, offering a wide range of mathematical functionalities that cater to= =20 many common and advanced needs=2E It supports arithmetic, algebra, calcul= us,=20 and even symbolic mathematics, making it very versatile=2E =20 Is its interface daunting for users ? Would we need dedicated people to f= ocus on it again ?=20 Still, the discussion has been shifting towards a General FFI Interface, b= eyond mathematical libraries=2E