On Apr 29, 2020, at 10:28 PM, Richard Stallman <address@hidden> wrote:
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Would you please talk about "free software" or "libre software", not
"open source”?
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Also, please don't use GitHub as a standard of comparison. That would
promote GitHub, which is counter to what we aim to do.
I removed “open source” since it’s not the main subject. I used GitHub as a
comparison because it _is_ the most familiar workflow right now. I don’t think
admitting the fact promotes GitHub. Also I wouldn’t say I used GitHub as a
standard as comparison, but simply as another well-known workflow. Here is my
edited first paragraph:
Emacs, /the/ editor we all use and love, has been running for decades,
receiving contribution from hundreds of hackers along the way. Because it
predates recent popular workflows (a.k.a GitHub and friends) by many years, you
can’t do the usual thing—open issues, fork and make PR’s, etc. However, Emacs’s
development workflow isn’t as tedious and difficult as many people imagines (in
particular, you don’t need Gnus or deal with email in Emacs, or setup anything
fancy).
Please don't promote Emacs Lisp packages that we don't have papers
to include in Emacs or GNU ELPA. That includes Magit.
I think we should promote all free software, non-selectively. Maybe the freedom
of Magit is less secure because Jonas haven’t signed the assignment (yet); but
I don’t think it’s enough difference to treat Magit differently.