I am going to keep the thread just in case I ever need it. It's great! I
have refrained myself from expressing my humble opinion for fear of a
flame war, but...
"What's the point of a software which doesn't exist?" you say.
"What is the point of chaining people?" I would say.
Cheers!
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2018-01-03T00:00:01-0500 Scott Randby wrote:
> Emacs for Windows is still free software with source code and
> everything. BeOrg is not free software.
>
> Scott Randby
Morever, considering the availability only in Apple's App Store, how
will users exercise freedom 1, which also includes the freedom to reuse
the adaptation in the same environment/device? This "retake' of freedom
0 in freedom 1 is also mentioned in [1].
Currently:
- BeOrg doesn't seem to be "open
Bottom line is that referencing this software in the org manual would
contravene the GNU guidelines and underlying philosophy of the
GPL. While you will find references to non-GPL software/platforms, these
are not references which promote non-free solutions, but references in
support of adopting f
On 01/02/2018 09:43 PM, Ilya Shlyakhter wrote:
> "as a GNU package, we're not allowed to mention proprietary software"
> -- how is that consistent with GNU prominently distributing Emacs for
> Windows from its own website? I think this shows that the guideline
> is not absolute. And it's specif
"as a GNU package, we're not allowed to mention proprietary software"
-- how is that consistent with GNU prominently distributing Emacs for
Windows from its own website? I think this shows that the guideline
is not absolute. And it's specifically phrased as a guideline
("should"), not as a requir
> "Peter" == Peter Davis writes:
Peter> If we refuse to provide useful information just because it
Peter> violates some purist idea of what is or is not acceptably
Peter> unencumbered, then we’re just denying users potential helpful
Peter> capabilities that may make the differ
Aloha all
Peter Davis writes:
On Tue, Jan 2, 2018, at 3:43 PM, Nicolas Goaziou wrote:
I think you are missing the point. Free software is primarily
about
source code (the four definitions).
If we refuse to provide useful information just because it
violates some
purist idea of what is or
On Tue, Jan 2, 2018, at 3:43 PM, Nicolas Goaziou wrote:
>
> I think you are missing the point. Free software is primarily about
> source code (the four definitions).
I’m not well versed in the theories and arguments for or against free or
open source software. However, based on my 40 years of exp
Ilya Shlyakhter writes:
>>as GNU software, we should not suggest to use non-free software
>
> But, clearly, we already do: suggesting to use MobileOrg necessarily
> suggests to use iOS.
>
> Besides, some of the main critiques of non-free software do not apply
> here: e.g. beorg doesn't lock the u
>as GNU software, we should not suggest to use non-free software
But, clearly, we already do: suggesting to use MobileOrg necessarily
suggests to use iOS.
Besides, some of the main critiques of non-free software do not apply
here: e.g. beorg doesn't lock the user into some proprietary format.
And
Hello,
ilya shlyakhter writes:
> Neither is iOS or MATLAB, and yet the Org manual mentions both.
We have good reasons for that. The former is because MobileOrg, which
uses "org-mobile.el", provided by Org, and therefore, documented. The
latter is because "ob-matab.el", which is free software.
>This may be because the app is not open source?
Neither is iOS or MATLAB, and yet the Org manual mentions both.
On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 12:39 PM, Eric S Fraga wrote:
> On Tuesday, 2 Jan 2018 at 12:32, Ilya Shlyakhter wrote:
>> The org features page at https://orgmode.org/features.html, and the
On Tuesday, 2 Jan 2018 at 12:32, Ilya Shlyakhter wrote:
> The org features page at https://orgmode.org/features.html, and the
> Org manual, mention MobileOrg, but not the newer BeOrg app
> ( http://beorgapp.com/ ). Maybe add a reference to it?
This may be because the app is not open source?
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The org features page at https://orgmode.org/features.html, and the
Org manual, mention MobileOrg, but not the newer BeOrg app
( http://beorgapp.com/ ). Maybe add a reference to it?
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