Hi folks, This question has touched on philosophy whether we wish it to or not. This is the reason I stopped using Xemacs and started using emacs even though I prefer Xemacs. I am not perfect as far as use "free" software is concerned and my job requires me to use "non-free" operating systems and software as well. As far as my debian system goes I am slowly working towards a "free" system there. I am not even perfect in that regard at this time. Without the fsf and gnu philosophy, Debian, linux, the hurd might not exist as free software today. I have the utmost respect for the fsf and gnu philosophy. Enough said.
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html http://www.xemacs.org/About/XEmacsVsGNUemacs.html Jim

