The message posted Friday, Feb. 22 on emacs-devel by Richard Stallman was cryptic: “Stefan and Yidong offered to take over, so I am willing to hand over Emacs development to them.” Just like that: 32 ...

Stefan and Yidong offered to take over, so I am willing to hand over Emacs development to them. (Monday update: Stallman elaborates.) That’s it. No fanfare from the often controversial, widely revered ...

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