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> False dichotomy: GNU Emacs can simply not ship with a git porcelain. False dichotomy: The FSF can drop their requirement for onereous copyright assignments a
by josteink 9y ago
> False dichotomy: GNU Emacs can simply not ship with a git porcelain.
False dichotomy: The FSF can drop their requirement for onereous copyright assignments and instead trust the GPL to do its job.
- znpy 9y agofriendly reminder: the built-in vc-mode can interface with most version control systems, including git. It's not as great as magit, but it works (and it has you to learn very little).
- josteink 9y agoIf the FSF wants Magit but can't bundle it because of their own policies (as Stefan Monnier so eloquently points out), that's a problem for the FSF to solve, not Magit. I think this comment on the Lwn-article really highlights how bizarre this has all turned out: > GNU began as a project to replace proprietary software with free one, and now lives on as a project to replace free software with free software. I think that about sums it up. (And I say that as a passionate Emacs-user)
- PuercoPop 9y agoApropos vc-mode comes with vc-annotate-mode (C-x C-v g) which is the best way to go through the history of the file
- emondi 9y agoFor a copyleft license to do its job you have to enforce it, otherwise it would be the same as a permissive license.
- teddyh 9y agoThe FSF is not requiring copyright assignment. It is the choice of the GNU Emacs project that the GNU Emacs project requires them. The Emacs maintainers could change their minds about that, and FSF would be OK with that.