Re: License Notice for ELPA packages

[Philip Kaludercic]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>>>> So historically we have accepted both "is part of GNU Emacs" and "is NOT
>>>> part of GNU Emacs".  IMO the better choice is to say neither.
>>> Thanks for your response.  I installed this notice for AUCTeX files:
>>> ;; This file is part of AUCTeX.
>> While not wrong, I believe that this might confuse people in the future,
>> just like you were confused about the different instances of "is part"
>> and "is NOT part" found in different packages.  Some might interpret
>> this as "what if any is the closest GNU project the file belongs to?".
>
> I don't understand: why would they restrict themselves to "GNU projects"?

Just because Emacs and AucTeX are both GNU projects, IIRC.  I am not
saying this would be a valid inference, but if someone just observes a
number of packages and all they find is

  ;; This file is {,NOT} part of [some GNU package]

as a pattern, then I wouldn't blame them for making that assumption. 

>
>         Stefan

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