The problem is that it's not legally secured. It's a cover-your-ass thing. And I think that stallman is a bit rabid on this, but don't kill me for this...
On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Fri, Mar 03, 2000 at 06:13:05PM -0700, Jim Franklin was heard to say: > > 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 > [snip] > > Huh? Is there some reason that xemacs is not free software? > The copyright file in the Debian package claims it's under the GPL, which > would make sense since it's derived from emacs sources. > > Daniel > >
