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Re: Release plans
From: |
Stephen J. Turnbull |
Subject: |
Re: Release plans |
Date: |
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:13:47 +0900 |
Richard M. Stallman writes:
> The Linux kernel doesn't refuse to boot when it recognizes a non GPL
> module being loaded. It justs informs you its "tainted".
>
> Emacs should of course just refuse to use functions in modules that are
> not GPL compliant, not just inform the user that the moral integrity of
> Emacs has been corrupted.
>
> I don't think this is a solution, because it would be easy to patch out
> the code that enforces that restriction.
I will remind you that that was good enough for XEmacs and Qt in your
opinion. Circumstances may be different, but you should explain how.
If it's distributed only as a patch, who cares? The patch that allows
dynamic loading is already available and quite self-contained IIRC,
we're in the same place already.
If it's a separate distribution with the patch preapplied and maybe
Emacs prebuilt, that is a fork. The whole world knows what you think
of forks of Emacs, and how you treat the forkers. I think that's
sufficient deterrent, and if it isn't enough, we can assume there's a
lot of value in the dynamic loader that people want pretty badly --
specifically, enough to overcome the inconvenience of patching in the
loader feature.
I really don't get this. You are basically taking the open source
route here. "People don't like to be free, so let's not tell them
about freedom -- let's make it relatively inconvenient to use
proprietary code." Why not wait for the non-free modules, and then
publish a boycott list of such modules, give them a public dressing-
down, and in that way draw attention to the issue of freedom?
- Re: Release plans, (continued)
- Re: Release plans, Tassilo Horn, 2008/08/18
- Re: Release plans, Stefan Monnier, 2008/08/18
- Re: Release plans, joakim, 2008/08/18
- Re: Release plans, Richard M. Stallman, 2008/08/19
- Re: Release plans, Johannes Weiner, 2008/08/19
- Re: Release plans, Richard M. Stallman, 2008/08/19
- Re: Release plans, Johannes Weiner, 2008/08/20
- Re: Release plans, Tassilo Horn, 2008/08/19
- Re: Release plans, Richard M. Stallman, 2008/08/19
- Re: Release plans, Gilaras Drakeson, 2008/08/18
- Re: Release plans,
Stephen J. Turnbull <=
- Re: Release plans, Paul R, 2008/08/18
- Re: Release plans, Richard M. Stallman, 2008/08/19
- Re: Release plans, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2008/08/19
- Re: Release plans, Richard M. Stallman, 2008/08/21
- whither GNU, Thomas Lord, 2008/08/21
- Re: whither GNU, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/08/21
- Re: whither GNU, David Robinow, 2008/08/21
- Re: whither GNU, Johannes Weiner, 2008/08/22
- Re: whither GNU, Richard M. Stallman, 2008/08/23
- Re: whither GNU, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/08/22