Re: NonGNU or Commercial Emacs

[Arthur Miller]

Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> writes:

> Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Would you please show me the actual text which strikes you as "extorsion"
>> or "trying to extract compromises"?  If it is text in some other part of
>> that site, I'd like to see it and think about it.
>
> From the README file on that page (which requires JavaScript to be
> displayed, I think):
>
>> Isn't this xemacs all over again?
>> Ah, but if it could reach those heights. If by some miracle it did, the
>> choices for the FSF are the same as before: enlist RMS to embark on a
>> coding frenzy that achieves feature parity, grant myself commit rights,
>> or continue not noticing me. If my history of user acquisition is any
>> indication, the last outcome is most likely.
>
> Perhaps I chose the word 'extorsion' poorly, but if so could anyone tell
> me a better word for "demanding commit rights"?  I think my grasp of the
> English language is not always as good as I think it is.

I am also non-native english speaker, but I do not understand him as demanding
commit rights. There is irony, sarcasm and humor there, but not really a demand
for commit rights :).