If this is the case, a few more follow-up questions: - Is this attitude widely shared among the participants of FSF or GNU projects?
- Are there GNU projects other than Guix, in which helping people with special needs for their proprietary systems, by purposefully discussing and sharing the knowhow, is shunned - perhaps with some of the participants even declaring to leave the project unless it is? 😅 -Yasu > On May 17, 2022, at 03:27, lkcl <luke.leigh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >  (apologies i am using a really quirky libre mail client, this might not > go as expected) >> On 22/05/16 06:10PM, Yasuaki Kudo wrote: >> * Emacs runs on Windows. Instructions and reasons are stated clearly >> (as you quoted) > a couple months back i helped Dr Stallman review the gnu maintenance > docs, and it answers this question. > * software that runs on both free and nonfree OSes is advised as > perfectly fine i.e. the fact that the software being developed is > "Libre" is the priority. > * software that ONLY runs on nonfree OSes or where the functionality is > damaged, DRM'd, relying on nonfree networked or paywalled logins or > proprietary services, or where that functionality is just plain > nonexistent on the free OS is NOT fine. > basically anything that encourages or entices people to *remain* on the > nonfree OS (because of missing or degraded functionality if the Libre > Software is run on a Free OS) is not in the least bit okay. > but if people choose (or have no choice but) to use a nonfree OS, > that's not your problem, at least they are using Libre Software. > a good example there would be VLC which i have installed on every > device in the house, some of which was bought against my advice and > without my consent or knowledge [with my money]. > at least using VLC on those devices does not result in files being > deleted. > l. > _______________________________________________ > libreplanet-discuss mailing list > libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss