Re: [ELPA] New package: splash-screen

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: ams@gnu.org (Alfred M. Szmidt)
> Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2020 05:45:11 -0400
> Cc: larsi@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, nicolas.rougier@inria.fr
> 
>    On 25.09.2020 07:38, Richard Stallman wrote:
>    > If there is an important reason to change it, I will consult again.
>    > But that would take considerable time and effort, and so far I have
>    > not seen an important reason to change it.
> 
>    One would think that being told again and again, by various people 
>    including a current and former Emacs maintainer, that it is an 
>    unnecessary nuisance, would be such reason.
> 
> Emacs maintainers aren't legal exprts, so they are not the best to
> decide if it is unnecessary or not

This is not about making a decision based on what the maintainers say,
this is about consulting with legal experts based on what they say.
IOW, the issue is whether what the maintainers say is a reason
important enough to consult with legal experts about this.