From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: gnuplot Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 00:13:56 +0100 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87wq3mradn.fsf@debian.uxu> References: <87iof9f6qk.fsf@debian.uxu> <87egpv2p4k.fsf@wmi.amu.edu.pl> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1423782925 11750 80.91.229.3 (12 Feb 2015 23:15:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 23:15:25 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 13 00:15:21 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YM2yd-0004r9-9t for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Feb 2015 00:15:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52550 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YM2yc-0003Jw-MM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 18:15:18 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!news.stack.nl!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 39 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: feB02bRejf23rfBm51Mt7Q.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:kzNkD21H5uF591Fn+h3yfF93ofY= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:210411 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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 Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:102688 Archived-At: Marcin Borkowski writes: > It was stated there that GNU mailing lists do not > allow promotion of non-"free" software. So - if > gnuplot is apparently not kosher - what is the > official stance on this very thread? I'm asking > because it was stated in that discussion that > >> [Redacted] is non-free software, and people should >> not install it, or suggest installing it, or even >> tell people it exists. > > and in another post > >> Please stop using the GNU mailing lists to promote >> proprietary software. "Promote" in the sense hitting the big drum (almost as in advertisement if a commercial product), that would be a bit strange, and definitely unwelcome if done in isolation, but none of that was the case here. OT: What I really wanted to tell you: when you quote, don't use the '>' (or nested '>>' etc.) unless it has appeared previously in the very thread. Take a look at this screenshot [1] to understand why. If you want to make it look nice, do it like this: [Redacted] is non-free software, and people should not install it, or suggest installing it, or even tell people it exists. That's [C-u C-x TAB] (and C-q, if needed). [1] http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573/quote.png -- underground experts united