Re: Elisp LSP Server

[Karl Fogel]

On 27 Oct 2021, dick wrote:
> RS> We must not encourage people to use nonfree programs.
>
> "We begrudgingly make emacs work under closed-source platforms 
> like Windows,
> OSX, but they are unjust."
>
> I suppose this is no more or less defensible than all of 
> U.S. foreign policy,
> of which I've been a longtime beneficiary merely by being a 
> citizen.  The
> proceeds from nonfree software have also sheltered and clothed 
> me, and
> provided the leisure time required to write free software.  So I 
> guess I'm
> rotten to the core.
>
> There's a cult of personality at play here that the ten or so 
> core developers
> feel obliged to respect.  In that sense, your continued 
> exhortations,
> impassioned but illogical, are working spectacularly well.

It's not a cult of personality, it's a well-articulated and 
consistent philosophical position that many people here, not just 
the "ten or so core developers", respect and (to varying extents) 
agree with.

It's also a position that has been pretty openly part of the 
charter of this mailing list and this software project for a long 
time.  You don't have to agree with it -- no one can force you to 
-- but there's no point coming to tango school and complaining 
that they're not teaching salsa.  You're free to start your own 
school (i.e., fork, which includes making your own forums) if you 
want salsa.

Best regards,
-Karl