Re: New maintainer

[Christopher Allan Webber]

John Wiegley writes:

>>>>>> Stephen J Turnbull <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Emacs's GPL being a fact, I would hope John would keep his mouth shut about
>> his disagreement while wearing his GNU Emacs maintainer hat (not limited to
>> participation in Emacs lists).
>
> I like this, Stephen. Yes, Emacs is, and likely always will be, GPL-licensed.
> All my own contributions to Emacs have been under the GPL -- in order to be
> compatible -- even those developments not distributed with Emacs, like the
> Emacs Chess client, or use-package.

This seems pretty reasonable to me, and I do think John would be an
excellent maintainer of Emacs.  Though there may be some philosophical
differences, it seems that John is willing to work within the FSF's
needs and requirements there.

John certainly knows the field can have strong guidance.  I'd look
forward to a John Wiegley maintained emacs.

 - Chris