Re: Drop the Copyright Assignment requirement for Emacs

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden
> From: Dmitry Gutov <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 12 May 2020 16:58:20 +0300
> 
> On 12.05.2020 05:28, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >> 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.
> 
> I don't understand what you're saying.
> 
> Publishing a better "getting started" guide would go against our 
> "principles"?

No, but installing packages that don't adhere to our standards is.