Re: Drop the Copyright Assignment requirement for Emacs

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden
> From: Dmitry Gutov <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 23:03:56 +0300
> 
> >> 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.

Again, not at any cost, and not by giving up our principles.