Re: [PATCH] * elpa-packages (webpaste): New package

[Po Lu]

Elis Hirwing <elis@hirwing.se> writes:

> On Thu, 2021-12-02 at 23:15 +0000, Philip Kaludercic wrote:
>> Elis Hirwing <elis@hirwing.se> writes:
>> 
>> > On Thu, 2021-12-02 at 16:05 +0000, Philip Kaludercic wrote:
>> > > Elis Hirwing <elis@hirwing.se> writes:
>> > > 
>> > > > I would like to submit a package that I maintain to the NonGNU
>> > > > ELPA,
>> > > > it's currently on MELPA, I've been maintaining it for years and
>> > > > using
>> > > > it for years.
>> > > 
>> > > Before someone else brings it up, have you considered adding the
>> > > package
>> > > to GNU ELPA?  Or are there reasons you are attempting to add the
>> > > package
>> > > to NonGNU ELPA first?
>> > 
>> > Partly because I haven't signed the CLA with GNU and that I have
>> > contributors which I don't know if they have signed the CLA or not,
>> > so
>> > I just found it easier that way.
>> 
>> Looking at the contributor list, I certainly recognise more than a
>> few
>> names that have signed the CA and I'd expect to agree when asked if
>> they
>> would want to add the package to ELPA.  It is up to you if you would
>> want to ask your contributors or not.
>> 
>> If you are sure that ELPA is not the right place, then adding the
>> package to NonGNU ELPA shouldn't be an issue, and would certainly be
>> a
>> worthwhile addition.
>
> I've now considered this and would still prefer the NonGNU ELPA.
>
> Partly due to the extra work to check for CLA's for me from future
> contributors, then also that it may scare of future contributors that
> (like me) haven't done the necessary paperwork.
>
> ~ Elis

Could you please explain what "webpaste" services are?  Could they be
SaaSS by any chance?

Is the software run by these services free software, and can the user
run them locally?

Thanks.