Re: Supporting non-free SQL clients in ob-sql (was: [PATCH] ob-sql: Add support for Athena)

[Ihor Radchenko]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

>   > Would it then make sense to note the reasons why we support one or
>   > another non-free software in a separate file like etc/NON-FREE-SUPPORT?
>
> I think it is a good idea to document the reasoning for these
> decision.  But I think it does not necessarily have to be centralized
> in one file for all of Emacs.  Another alternative, also natural,
> would be to describe these decisions with the code that implements the
> support.

Will file header be a good place?

Note that there is little point adding the reasons behind supporting
non-free software if they cannot be easily found. Ideally, it should be
a standard place documented as code convention. Then, people can
consistently check the reasons (or lack of) behind each individual
non-free software support decision.

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