xemacs vs emacs

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

David Kastrup writes:

 > Just what I said: Apple IP does not play into it at all.  You are
 > confusing this with Apple mindshare: GNU software, at least GNU Emacs,
 > does not strive to implement features

Um, no.  According to Stefan and Richard, GNU Emacs refuses to accept
such features even if the author is happy to contribute them.

 > that enhance Emacs only on proprietary platforms.

What is so hard to understand about "IP == proprietary"?

 > The current MacOSX-only behavior of Aquamacs is dividing Emacs users
 > instead of giving them the relief of unification.

Well, yes, indeed.  That's why they[1] call it a "fork".

Footnotes: 
[1]  Eg, Dan Nicolaescu, same thread.