Re: [OT] free software vs open source was: Re: codesearch.el 1.0 --- Search for code via Google Code Search

2007-06-30 Thread Richard Stallman
From what I've read I'd expect that free software is a subset of open source software (i.e. not all open source software is free in the sense that it protects our freedoms). That looks like a common misunderstanding, based on confusing free with copyleft. A license is a free software

Re: codesearch.el 1.0 --- Search for code via Google Code Search

2007-06-30 Thread Jürgen Hötzel
On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 11:03:10AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: (defun codesearch-mode-to-lang (mode) map emacs mode to variable in Code Search querystring (list is far from complete). [...] How 'bout something like: (require 'cl) (defun codesearch-mode-to-lang (mode) Map

keyring.el a password manager v. 1992

2007-06-30 Thread Ivan Kanis
Hello, I have made a password manager for emacs. It has a modular backend. Currently there are two backends pwsafe and palm. Pwsafe uses the program of the same name. Palm is a backend for the GNU Keyring program for the Palm OS. It uses a script that is available at

Re: realplay.el interface with Real Player v. 1879

2007-06-30 Thread Richard Stallman
My understanding is that RealPlayer uses secret codecs. Only reverse-engineering makes it possible to write free decoders. And I think they change the codecs frequently. Thus, we need to pressure sites that use RealPlayer format to stop using it and switch to a public standard format.