On 2020-09-19 11:48 am, Jean Abou Samra wrote:
Hi all,
As part of a large change to CG section 3, "Working with source code",
I'd like to link to a page with a choice of Git GUIs. There is this on
Git's official website:
https://git-scm.com/downloads/guis/
Here comes the problem: it links to both free as in speech and
proprietary software.
Is it fine with respect to GNU guidelines to link to that page? Maybe
with a
sentence like "We recommend picking a piece of free software among
those."?
My $0.02 is that the page you referenced clearly labels each program by
platform, price, and license. If that were not the case, then one could
justify providing an appropriately curated list to ensure the user is
well-informed. I say follow the free(dom)/libre principle--link to that
page, and let the user make their own choice.
Regarding your sentence, I wonder if the word "recommend" could be
problematic. Granted you are not calling out any particular program
that might be misconstrued as sponsorship or advertisement. What do you
think of this phrasing?
"This site (link) provides a list of GUI clients, including free
software for various platforms."
Otherwise, do you have a couple Free Git GUIs to propose for linking?
While I make use of Code's git integration for various tasks, mainly I
just run git via the terminal. But since Code is not really a dedicated
git GUI client, it is probably not worth mentioning.
-- Aaron Hill