Re: CVS is the `released version'

[Richard Stallman]

    - If a package author doesnt want to sign papers, why would he ever do
    it?

To get the program included in Emacs.

    - For a package to be included in Emacs is an honor, and there is
    really no other reason, that I can see, to try to get ones package
    included.

I think the main reason is the desire for all the Emacs users
to get the code easily.