Re: [elpa] Excorporate: Exchange integration package

[Stefan Monnier]

> OK, I'm definitely sympathetic to this view.  In this regard, my main
> concern is that it's currently impossible for other Emacs developers to
> test Excorporate using/against only Free Software.  One idea is if
> OpenChange could grow EWS support in tandem with the features that
> Excorporate actually uses, then there would be a Free Software option
> for full Excorporate testing at all times (note: I'm not necessarily
> signing up for this work).  Would that improve the appeal of Excorporate
> for ELPA?

Yes, if Excorporate can be used with OpenChange, then that'd be fine.

> The counter-argument here is that Exchange Web Services is essentially
> just providing a network service.  From following emacs-devel I was
> under the impression that Free Software that talks to a network service
> over a protocol was OK, regardless of what was implementing the protocol
> on the other end.

Hmm... that's a very good point.  Let me sleep on it.


        Stefan