From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter S Galbraith Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Knoppix is not entirely free software Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 15:21:36 -0500 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <6629.1068841296@mixed> References: <17659.1068784236@mixed> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1068842107 25220 80.91.224.253 (14 Nov 2003 20:35:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 20:35:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 14 21:35:03 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 1AKkel-0005He-00 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 21:35:03 +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 1AKlaz-0004Wv-RW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 16:35:13 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AKlVP-0000mS-Ej for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 16:29:27 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AKlUh-0008Bt-5x for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 16:29:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [66.110.136.11] (helo=mixed.dyndns.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AKlP5-0005sn-A1; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 16:22:55 -0500 Original-Received: by mixed.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4314A71A34; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 15:21:37 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from mixed (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mixed.dyndns.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4256571A32; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 15:21:37 -0500 (EST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Message from Richard Stallman of "Fri, 14 Nov 2003 15:10:13 EST." X-Mailer: MH-E 7.4.2+cvs; nmh 1.1-RC1; GNU Emacs 21.3.1 X-Image-URL: http://people.debian.org/~psg/face.png 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:14217 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:14217 Richard Stallman wrote: > We sometimes design free software so it can work with widely-used > non-free software packages such as Netscape, Windows and MacOS. Being > able to work with them is not the same as recommending them. The > mention of Netscape, Windows and MacOs in Emacs doesn't serve to > spread the word of their existence very much, because users mostly > already know of those packages. > > Eli wrote: > > The fact that Netscape is mentioned in browse-url.el doesn't mean > Emacs recommends it, just that it uses it when it's the only tool to > do a certain job. > > In the GNU Project, we won't recommend a non-free program even if it is > the only way to do a job. We say, "There is nothing we can recommend." So perhaps we were premature in removing support for glimpse in MH-E then. It was only one of many supported indexers. Anyway, I better understand the guidelines for the next time it comes up. Peter