Re: rssh.el interactions with ange-ftp/efs
On Sat, 23 Jan 1999, Richard Stallman wrote:
Right. Non-free operating systems and non-free add-ons are
different
issues. I want to encourage people who are using these non-free systems
to add Emacs to them, but I don't want to encourage people using
free systems such as GNU/Linux to backslide by installing ssh.
The readiness of people to add non-free programs to their free
operating systems is the greatest problem we face, and explaining to
people why this is bad is the greatest challenge.
I think this argument turned around has gotten our friend Bill into
trouble with the government.
It doesn't seem like emacs (or any product) should try to use its
political-arm to convince people that a GNU ssl is a good thing. If such
a thing should exist, let it be created of its own will.
Of course, I'm not trying to convince you to write an ssl package for
emacs. I just don't see a conflict with accepting a third-party ssl
package. For example, there's a ClearCase VC backend. Do you consider
that a bad thing? Is there a GNU ClearCase in the works? Is it ok
because of the difficulty in providing a pure-GNU-based implementation?
-Justin
vallon(a)mindspring.com