Re: emacs or xemacs ?
Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof@math.ethz.ch> writes:
> Even if "selfish"ness were a proper descriptions of motivations of
> previous XEmacs maintainers (which it isn't)
Perhaps that is too strong; I suspect the original problem was simply
laziness. But it still pulled a major wedgy on the emacs community.
> then may I remark that almost all of the people who work on XEmacs in
> some major way have copyright assignments on file at the FSF and
> people who contribute to XEmacs are all encouraged to do so (although
> it is not a requirement).
No doubt the current maintainers are all-around great guys, but bad
tastes tend to linger, no matter how spotless the current reality.
Cheers,
-Miles
--
Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra. Suddenly it flips over,
pinning you underneath. At night the ice weasels come. --Nietzsche
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