From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs Installer for MS Windows Date: 24 Aug 2004 23:09:33 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <001401c478de$908a92d0$0200a8c0@sedrcw11488> <1091508072.20683.201576204@webmail.messagingengine.com> <4111491A.4090601@runestig.com> <4111D8D4.1040506@runestig.com> <1091693906.8538.201741376@webmail.messagingengine.com> <001d01c47afa$c1f5f170$0200a8c0@sedrcw11488> <003e01c48946$a8ebfad0$0200a8c0@sedrcw11488> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1093381860 5025 80.91.224.253 (24 Aug 2004 21:11:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 21:11:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Lennart Borgman , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 24 23:10:41 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BziYy-0007OL-00 for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 23:10:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BzidV-0005wM-4x for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 17:15:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BzidE-0005vb-Ly for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 17:15:05 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BzidC-0005v4-F2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 17:15:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BzidC-0005v1-2c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 17:15:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BziY1-0002Oq-Cn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 17:09:41 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BziXu-00047D-OT; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 17:09:35 -0400 Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 18 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 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: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:26456 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:26456 Richard Stallman writes: > The installer needs to be free software, on ethical groups. > Also, it needs to have a GPL-compatible license in order to > combine it with Emacs. The license of Inno Setup qualifies. > The CPL does not. > > A side issue: > In hacker terminology, calling something a "win" is a form of > praise. Actually, I am afraid that in hacker terminology, the word has gone down the drain a bit already. For example, it is not uncommon to refer to computers running under Windows as "Wintendo" systems to indicate that they are not suitable for serious use. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum