Re: feature/package-vc has been merged

[Björn Bidar]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> Beide Quellen enhalten die nicht freie Software verwenden (Melpa:
>> Lastpass, Elpa Excange support).
>
> FWIW, the reasoning behind accepting a package which requires an
> Exchange server, is that the Exchange server runs on another machine
> over which you have no control anyway, so whether it runs Free software
> or proprietary software does not make any difference to you.

Ah that explain is so any package that interacts with non-free cloud
system is fine e.g. twitter-mode, spotify etc.

> In other words, the concern w.r.t Free Software is whether the software
> *you* run is Free.
>

That's the case for both Elpa and Melpa that was the original reason why
I didn't good the distinction initially.

Br,

Björn