Re: Dependence on nonfree software

[Richard Stallman]

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    > 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 running or installing nonfree
    > software on their machine.

That is a good formulation.  (It should say "their own machines".)
But I agree an example would help make it clead.

Suppose you write a free program that can run in a free GNU/Linux
distro and talks with Google Maps.  With it, people can use Google Maps
and not run any nonfree JS code.  Use of this free program depends on
the use of the site, Google Maps, but it does not depend on _your_
running any nonfree program.  So it is ok on this criterion.

-- 
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)