Re: Drop the Copyright Assignment requirement for Emacs

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   > I don't think we should give up our standards to gain a couple of
   > marketing points.

   It's usability, not just marketing.

Emacs seems quite usable to me.

   > 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.

That is achievable without giving up developing high-quality free
software.