Re: Drop the Copyright Assignment requirement for Emacs

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 11.05.2020 22:54, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden
> > From: Dmitry Gutov <address@hidden>
> > Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 21:58:45 +0300
> >
> > On 11.05.2020 21:20, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > > > > We can say the same without having the packages in ELPA, we just need
> > > > > to tell them in addition to set up package.el for MELPA.
> > > > No, we cannot do that. MELPA contains packages promoting non-free
> > > > software and services, so at least Richard would surely veto that.
> > > If your problem is mentioning "MELPA" the name, we don't have to do
> > > that.  How to add any site to the package.el setup is already
> > > documented in the Emacs user manual.
> >
> > If we don't do any of that, we can't create a publish a user-friendly
> > guide "How to IDE" on our website.
>
> I don't think we should give up our standards to gain a couple of
> marketing points.

It's usability, not just marketing.

> It is completely backwards, IMO, to put that cart
> ahead of the horse.  We are supposed to develop high-quality software
> first and advertising ourselves second, not the other way around.

We're supposed to make our users' life better.