Re: ox-html.el removal

["Andreas Röhler" <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>]

Am 10.03.2013 19:55, schrieb Detlef Steuer:
>
>> I am willing to go as far is humanly possible for me to have my
>> displeasure registered.
>>
>
> Dear Jambunathan,
>
> your displeasure is very well registered by the hundreds or even
> thousands of readers of this list.
>
> It is very sad to see an obviously very gifted and energetic programmer
> going in "lonely fighter mode" without obvious reasons.
>
> But: The papers the FSF asked you to sign were constructed for exactly
> this case I assume.
> No developer may ever have the rights to destroy afterwards what nice
> piece of work he once gave to the community!
>
> I must admit the FSF is to praise. It always seemed  a bit restrictive
> to me to demand that time consuming process of sending the paperworks
> all over the world. Now I understand.
>
> You authored valuable parts of orgmode, yes. And you promised
> and decided, through signing the FSF papers, to never take it away
> again.
>
> Now you changed your mind. Humans, even programmers, change
> their mind. Nevertheless there is your promise on paper, signed by you.
> It is impossible for you to take anything away now and, morally,
> that's the right thing, too. Otherwise some contributors could easily
> destroy communities and their spirit at will whenever their
> mind would change.
>
> So, thanks for your great contributions! No kidding here.
>
> Find some peace of mind.
>
> Best regards
> Detlef
>
>

Hi Detlef,

thanks for your kind words.

Just a remark to copyright assignment though, as I always thought it being wrong:
it doesn't interfere here.

Once code is published under GPL, don't see a way to revoke the license.
GPL'ed code is all what's needed for distribution.

Best,

Andreas