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Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el |
Date: |
Thu, 07 Jan 2021 16:24:14 +0200 |
> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Cc: bugs@gnu.support, ulm@gentoo.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org,
> ams@gnu.org, arthur.miller@live.com, dgutov@yandex.ru
> Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2021 02:49:19 -0500
>
> > Suppose I want to download a potentially non-free package to study its
> > code, or even just to understand with what kind of license it is
> > distributed (since you say the site itself doesn't tell) -- is this
> > "verboten" as well in Jean Louis's interpretation of what a Free
> > Software follower should and shouldn't do?
>
> The GNU Project would not criticize anyone for that.
> Indeed, we don't generally criticize users for running nonfree programs.
> And we don't claim the power to "forbid" anything (except for GPL violations).
> You're condemning things which don't have to do with us.
>
> The issue at hand is not about what users are allowed to do.
We are mis-communicating: I was talking about myself wearing the Emacs
maintainer hat. See my other messages in this thread.
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, (continued)
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Jean Louis, 2021/01/07
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/01/07
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Richard Stallman, 2021/01/07
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Dmitry Gutov, 2021/01/07
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Richard Stallman, 2021/01/09
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Dmitry Gutov, 2021/01/09
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Jean Louis, 2021/01/07
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/01/07
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Arthur Miller, 2021/01/06
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Richard Stallman, 2021/01/07
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Arthur Miller, 2021/01/07
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Richard Stallman, 2021/01/14
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Arthur Miller, 2021/01/15
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Richard Stallman, 2021/01/16
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Richard Stallman, 2021/01/07
- Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el, Jean Louis, 2021/01/07