[Python-mode] python.el

Andreas Röhler andreas.roehler at online.de
Fri Feb 4 18:37:03 CET 2011


Am 04.02.2011 16:30, schrieb Barry Warsaw:
> On Feb 04, 2011, at 09:16 AM, Andreas Röhler wrote:
>
>> However, let me clarify: Emacs _can_ include, as long it is GPL and it is.
>
> But they won't.
>
>> And so we can.
>
> Yes, we're not bound by the same copyright assignment policy.
>
>> It's just to give up the insane copyright-policy, where I see no legitime
>> reason for, which denigrates the GPL as such.
>
> The FSF has their reasons,

Hi Barry,

I'm consenting to that. There is some rationale.

  which I think are legitimate for them.
>
> As much as I wish we could merge all the different versions and get
> python-mode.el into GNU Emacs, it may simply be impossible - or not worth the
> effort.

Policies tend to change. BTW assigned the disclaimer of FSF and there 
are some lines by me already in GNU Emacs. So assignment is not an 
absolute barrier even now.

:-)

Andreas

   Apologies for fanning those old flames again.
>
> -Barry



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