Re: What are the rules for packages in savannah.nongnu.org?

[Richard Stallman]

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      > To be hosted on Savannah, your project must be free software, and
      > it must be kept independent of any nonfree software. The package
      > must not refer the user to any nonfree software; in particular, it
      > must not automatically download or install any nonfree software.

I think we should change that text to this:

      > To be hosted on Savannah, your project must be free software, and
      > it must be kept independent of any nonfree software. The package
      > must not refer the user to any nonfree software; in other words.
      > it must not say anything that in our judgment is likely to
      > lead or steer users towards any nonfree software, In
      > particular, it must not automatically download or install any
      > nonfree software.

I'm simply avoiding a possible loophole for people to misinterpret it.

What do you people think of this change?

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Dr Richard Stallman
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