On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:14:59 -0500, "Richard Stallman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > 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.
But it's not implicit at all. Do you know the meaning of that word? What the fuck did they teach you at MIT? Please STFU and go away.
