Re: Release plans

[Thomas Lord]

Richard M. Stallman wrote:
>     Emacs has still no support to load shared libraries during runtime and
>     IIRC it was rejected back then due to political reasons.  I call this
>     crippling.
>
> "Crippling" would imply making Emacs unusable, which it clearly isn't.
>
> The reason for my decision is to make sure that extension to Emacs are
> free.  The aim is to maximize what users can do while remaining free.
>   


How does not providing dynamic loading maximize what users can
do while remaining free?

If they could dynamically load free libraries, surely their capabilities
would be increased.

I think you mean that your goal is to help GNU Emacs loyalists
remain free even if it means you taking a blunt instrument to
what users can do with their freedom.

-t







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