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For better or for worse, Emacs is in a unique spot with package availability and with how easy it is to extend. Do you have a good copyleft alternative that it
by nequo 3y ago
For better or for worse, Emacs is in a unique spot with package availability and with how easy it is to extend.
Do you have a good copyleft alternative that its maintainers can't just turn into closed source, or one that is fully open source and isn't injected with telemetry?
- deafpolygon 3y agoEmacs is also very old, rooted in antiquity, and has cruft that really needs to be jettisoned. What prevents us from creating copyleft alternatives to Emacs that are rooted in a modern paradigm?
- nequo 3y agoWhat prevents us is probably the willingness to put in the hours and the coordination to do so. It is not easy to write an alternative that improves on it but is also capable of running Org and Magit which are two nontrivial packages that make people stick with Emacs.