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* doc/emacs/package.texi (Packages): Document GNU ELPA and NonGNU
ELPA.  (Bug#59609)
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@ -35,10 +35,20 @@ install or uninstall packages via this buffer. @xref{Package Menu}.
name of a package, and displays a help buffer describing the
attributes of the package and the features that it implements.
By default, Emacs downloads packages from a package archive
maintained by the Emacs developers and hosted by the GNU project.
Optionally, you can also download packages from archives maintained by
third parties. @xref{Package Installation}.
@cindex GNU ELPA
@cindex NonGNU ELPA
By default, Emacs downloads packages from two archives:
@url{https://elpa.gnu.org/, GNU ELPA} and @url{https://elpa.nongnu.org/,
NonGNU ELPA}. These are maintained by the Emacs developers and hosted by
the GNU project. @dfn{GNU ELPA} contains GNU packages that we consider
part of GNU Emacs, but are distributed separately from the core Emacs.
@dfn{NonGNU ELPA} contains third-party packages whose copyright has not
been assigned to the Free Software Foundation.@footnote{For more
information about copyright assignments, see
@url{https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-assign.html, Why the FSF Gets
Copyright Assignments from Contributors}.} Optionally, you can also
download packages from third-party archives. @xref{Package
Installation}.
For information about turning an Emacs Lisp program into an
installable package, @xref{Packaging,,,elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference