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Re: Emacs Webapp/Plugin
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Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
Re: Emacs Webapp/Plugin |
Date: |
Sun, 29 Jul 2012 21:47:32 -0400 |
> For one thing, I am concerned people might use it in Chrome, which is
> nonfree software with a universal back door. If that caught on, it
> would be a disaster in terms of our primary goal: giving users
> freedom.
>
People use Emacs every day on Windows, which is nonfree software with a
universal back door AND a malevolent management team antithetical to users
freedom.
So what? I hope you don't think ethical conclusions depend only on
the FORM of the situation. There is a difference between an enemy 100
miles away and an enemy outside your door.
Using Emacs on a nonfree system is bad, but nothing new. Turning
Emacs into an extension for a nonfree browser would be a big change
for the worse. We will try to prevent that.
The mobile computing paradigm, small computing devices that act as clients
to data on servers, is a fact of life for the foreseeable future,
It cannot be reconciled with the goals of the free software movement,
so our mission includes changing that.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation
51 Franklin St
Boston MA 02110
USA
www.fsf.org www.gnu.org
Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software.
Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call
- Re: Emacs Webapp/Plugin, (continued)
Re: Emacs Webapp/Plugin, Richard Stallman, 2012/07/28
Re: Emacs Webapp/Plugin, Richard Stallman, 2012/07/31