GNU bug report logs - #41386
28.0.50; Gnus nnimap OAuth 2.0 support

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Thomas Fitzsimmons <fitzsim <at> fitzsim.org>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, stefan <at> marxist.se, 41386 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#41386: 28.0.50; Gnus nnimap OAuth 2.0 support
Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 23:45:32 -0400

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[[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
[[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]

It seems to me that the requirement for a secret key in a user program
is fundamentally incompatible with free software.  A free system
cannot keep secrets from the user.  However, if Google is willing to leave a space to use free clients, something could be worked out.

First I have to finish studying all this.  I will send mail now to fetch
those articles.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)

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