IMO, a big part of the problem here is that when you say "recommend" in
this context what you actually mean appears (based on the discussion
here) to be something that most people would express as "not
deliberately erect barriers against".
The evidence of this discussion shows that's not a good description
for what I am saying. Many of the people on this list were told that
I want OpenBSD to "erect barriers against" installing non-free
programs. And their words show that they think this means designing
the system so that installing non-free programs is impossible. (I
have not suggested such a thing.)
My usage of the "recommend" fits in normal usage. If you include
program FOO in a list of programs that could be installed, implicitly
that recommends installing FOO as an option for people to consider.
Perhaps "implicitly recommend" would be a clearer description of this
particular case.
