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Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el
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Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el |
Date: |
Sun, 10 Jan 2021 01:04:15 -0500 |
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> Thus, whether I personally can access that site is immaterial. I
> don't need your, or anybody's, permission to do whatever I want with
> my systems.
I think we all agree on that.
> Refusal to make this, or any other package that has the
> similar audacity of showing information about software in a completely
> neutral way, to be available from GNU ELPA diminishes from the
> community, and thus hurts me in my effort to help the community
> members to enjoy software freedom.
That is a different issue -- related by different. It raises other
ethical issues that do not arise in anyone's personal activities.
There are many reasons we might not put a package into GNU ELPA
even though it is sometimes useful for people.
I will write to you about this privately on Monday. Tomorrow I have
an all-day meeting.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)
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