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

[Richard Stallman]

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  > > I would remove "must not refer the user to any nonfree software",
  > > it seems too strong to me (e.g. when Emacs says it runs on top
  > > of specific nonfree OSes, it sounds like a reference to me):

"Refer the user to" is different from "refer to".  The latter includes
mentioning the nonfree software in any identifiable way.  The former
means, more or less, to lead or steer to the idea of using that
nonfree software.

The GNU Project rule against referring users to nonfree software is stated
in detail in https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/, node References.

It makes an exception for mentioning nonfree software that basically
everyone already knows about.  There is little risk that someone
people will find out from us that Windows exists and thus be led to
switch to it.  Therefore, it is ok to mention Windows.

The rules for savannah.nongnu.org might want to cite that node.  It
would be annoying to repeat that part of the node word for word, though,
so I tried to shorten it.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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