<story><title>Emacs and Magit</title><url>https://lwn.net/Articles/727550/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>gnuvince</author><text>&amp;gt; Either all of the significant contributors to Magit must sign papers with the FSF (with code from the holdouts being replaced), or an entirely new Emacs interface to Git must be written.&lt;p&gt;False dichotomy: GNU Emacs can simply not ship with a git porcelain.&lt;p&gt;Most Emacs users I know typically have dozens of packages installed from MELPA; I don&amp;#x27;t think most users mind having to install an extra one.  If an acceptable agreement regarding copyright assignment cannot be reached, I would really prefer that the status quo be maintained.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>adrianmonk</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s not a false dichotomy. You&amp;#x27;re just working VERY hard at ignoring the context. The part you quoted comes right after the part that says &amp;quot;If we want to distribute something like Magit with Emacs&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;If you don&amp;#x27;t think that&amp;#x27;s a worthwhile goal, that&amp;#x27;s fine, but there is no need to blatantly misinterpret the context of the discussion here.</text></comment>
<story><title>Emacs and Magit</title><url>https://lwn.net/Articles/727550/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>gnuvince</author><text>&amp;gt; Either all of the significant contributors to Magit must sign papers with the FSF (with code from the holdouts being replaced), or an entirely new Emacs interface to Git must be written.&lt;p&gt;False dichotomy: GNU Emacs can simply not ship with a git porcelain.&lt;p&gt;Most Emacs users I know typically have dozens of packages installed from MELPA; I don&amp;#x27;t think most users mind having to install an extra one.  If an acceptable agreement regarding copyright assignment cannot be reached, I would really prefer that the status quo be maintained.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Singletoned</author><text>Yeah, maybe Magit is also the killer app for the &amp;#x27;package&amp;#x27; system as well.</text></comment>