Re: AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md Are Concessions to Proprietary Services, Not Defenses Against Them

Richard Stallman <[email protected]> Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:33:38 -0400
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  > No, I don't assume at all. That's the whole point of my messages, that
  > no user is really prevented using LLM so using auch vendor Files only
  > benefit the vendor and not Emacs.

I agree with Henrik that guiding people using such conventions can be
useful, even if they don't actually _prevent_ anything.

Lots of system conventions that we follow were developed initially by
companies, or by one company.  It would be foolish for us to reject
conventions and compatibility just for that!



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