Re: Proposal for an Emacs User Survey

[Jean Louis]

* Vasilij Schneidermann <mail@vasilij.de> [2020-10-11 10:38]:
> > If it mentions Melpa, it must explain the ethical reason we cannot
> > recommend anything about Melpa.
> > 
> > I would rather not mention that name at all.
> 
> Not mentioning MELPA as an option because you feel uncomfortable about
> it will distort survey results, especially for the part where you ask
> what package archives people use.  Worse, it leads to a self-reinforcing
> effect:  If the true extent of people using MELPA is unknown,
> emacs-devel will continue making choices on the false premise that MELPA
> isn't a thing at all.  In the worst case GNU ELPA will be eclipsed by
> MELPA and cease to be of any practical concern (and it sure seems to me
> that this is where things are heading currently).  Remember, this is a
> survey to find out how Emacs users use their editor, not about how much
> they adhere to FSF ideology.

Does MELPA contains non-free software?