Re: rssh.el interactions with ange-ftp/efs
"John A. Martin" <jam(a)jamux.com> writes:
Let folks use Emacs atop Windoze -- Good (exposes the unwashed to
the
wonders of Free Software).
Let folks use Appgen atop Linux -- Bad (exposes the initiate to the
wonders of applications not bundled with the OS).
Er -- no.
I think that giving people the freedom that the GPL does is a moral
good. How to achieve that goal is a matter of pragmatics and
strategy.
I think that Richard is right in his assessment that the inclusion of
well-advertised functionality for using ssh in Emacs will remove some
impetus towards making a free version of ssh. I didn't even know
that ssh wasn't free, and I doubt that many people do, precisely
because it has become the de facto tool for encryption in free software
circles.
Four legs, good. Two legs, {bad,better}. -- Apologies to George
Owell, _Animal Farm_, Secker and Warburg, London, 1945.
I don't quite understand what you wish to achieve by this escalation
in rhetorics over a point of *strategy*. People will disagree on
what's the best way to achieve things -- nobody here has a crystal
ball to tell them how things will turn out.
If the freedom to be secure in one's communication is at least
as
important as the freedom to use Free Software then the following
points seem to be pertinent.
And if not, they are not.
Some people are of the opinion that, say, support for audio devices is
as important as freedom. I don't think so.
Moreover, which do you think will be more likely to use the GPLed
lsh
when it becomes a viable option: those that have used ange-ftp/efs
with ssh1, or those who have adapted proprietary solutions like ssh2
or the like apart from Emacs.
The latter people.
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larsi(a)ifi.uio.no * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen