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[Christopher Dimech <address@concealed>]

> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
> From: "Ingolf Schäfer" <address@concealed>
> To: address@concealed
> Subject: Re: [texmacs-users] The Jolly Writer
>
> Am 05.06.25 um 18:59 schrieb Christopher Dimech:
> > For ages its author did not want to release a free version.  Also 
> > Texmacs has been highly misleading because it has no relation to
> > either Tex or Emacs.
> 
> These so called ages were in fact only 2 years! Just to add some 
> perspective on that number, I have been using TeXmacs for more than 20 
> years.
> 
> Yours,
> 
> Ingolf

One builds a free software tool, but then write a manual that constitutes
a betrayal of the very ethos that free software stands for.

The whole point of free software is freedom: freedom to use, modify, 
and distribute.  But when its manual is kept under restrictive licenses,
it's a cruel joke.  If you're going to give something, do it properly! 

The real problem lies in the system, the choices made, and the barriers
put in place.   If anything, this argumentation shows that the need to 
be right against the evidence is a powerful beast.  It's why this debate 
often goes sideways.  It's not about improving the situation; it's about 
defending a position at all costs.  

It's my wish and my blessing that times like these, where academics get 
tangled up in needless restrictions, would pass.  The world of knowledge 
should be about free collaboration, and progress, not about hoarding and 
pointless bureaucracy.

> >> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2025 at 2:43 AM
> >> From: "Jay Belanger" <address@concealed>
> >> To: address@concealed
> >> Subject: [texmacs-users] The Jolly Writer
> >>
> >>
> >> I miss my hard copy of _The Jolly Writer_, and it doesn't
> >> look like more are going to be printed.  :(
> >> Is there a place to get a copy through print-on-demand?
> >> Or, better yet, could it be added to the GNU Press books?
> >>
>