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bug#59609: 29.0.50; [PATCH] Better advertise (Non-)GNU ELPA in emacs man
From: |
Michael Albinus |
Subject: |
bug#59609: 29.0.50; [PATCH] Better advertise (Non-)GNU ELPA in emacs manual |
Date: |
Fri, 08 Sep 2023 20:47:12 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) |
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> In practice the real deciding factor *is* the copyright assignment
>> (which often ends up selecting for a kind of "philosophical agreement"
>> about the primacy of ethical goals over technical ones).
>
> I think this is just the tip of a very large iceberg, and the FAQ
> should say that explicitly. Saying that just the CA is the difference
> is both very inaccurate and misrepresents the actual situation: NonGNU
> ELPA is a collection of packages that someone else decided could be
> useful, but we basically have nothing to do with them except hosting
> them.
FTR, I feel responsible for GNU ELPA packages in the sense that I would
debug them if necessary. For Non-GNU ELPA packages I won't (exceptions
possible).
Furthermore, we offer debbugs bug tracking for GNU ELPA packages. I
don't know whether we offer the same fon Non-GNU ELPA packages.
Best regards, Michael.