From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Anderson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Knoppix is not entirely free software Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 22:44:01 -0500 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <1068695040.4610.106.camel@hades.syr-24-59-76-83.twcny.rr.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1068695252 13920 80.91.224.253 (13 Nov 2003 03:47:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 03:47:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 13 04:47:29 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AK8S9-0002xM-00 for ; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 04:47:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AK9Nh-0003Li-TS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 23:46:57 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AK9Ms-0003K2-Rw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 23:46:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AK9MH-0003E8-T0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 23:46:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [64.246.36.112] (helo=torre.pghoster.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1AK9MF-0003Dv-TS; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 23:45:27 -0500 Original-Received: from 192.0.0.253 (syr-24-59-76-83.twcny.rr.com [24.59.76.83]) (authenticated (0 bits)) by torre.pghoster.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id hAD3i7v11032; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:44:08 -0600 Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4-8mdk X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:14132 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:14132 On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 21:39, Richard Stallman wrote: > A few months ago, I found out that Knoppix included some non-free > software, and the developer said he didn't want to change that. > > If he has changed his policies in the meantime, please tell me; that > would be good news. But otherwise, please do not recommend the use of > Knoppix on GNU mailing lists. Please recommend only entirely free > software. > > (I am not on the help-gnu-emacs list; someone forwarded me a couple of > messages on this thread.) That would explain it. The original poster asked for GNU/Linux recommendations and said he had heard Knoppix was good. So nobody was recommending Knoppix -- although there was some confusion as not everyone knew you can install Knoppix like a regular *nix distro. -Dan