Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> [...] the rule that the FSF has about not linking to > >> any non-free software from their sites, [...] > > That rule is a myth. > > It most certainly is not. I can attest to that personally, having been > involved in and followed multiple FSF projects for many years. It is an > expectation for all GNU projects.
Expectation and advice, but not a rule and definitely not enforced. I can attest to that personally for similar reasons. > > I think it's counter-productive to spend so much time badmouthing the > > competition, but I'd be happy to see a link from fsf.org to debian that > > noted we have different views on some aspects of freedom. > > I'm not bad-mouthing the competition. [...] Sorry, I wasn't suggesting that you were. I meant that I think that sites like badvista.fsf.org are counter-productive. Hope that clarifies, -- MJ Ray (slef) Webmaster for hire, statistician and online shop builder for a small worker cooperative http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ (Notice http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html) tel:+44-844-4437-237 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
