Re: [directory-discuss] Please add "Runs-on: GNU/Linux" - Consider changing the main page description

[Joshua Gay]

On 06/19/2015 09:34 PM, David Englund/Hedlund wrote:
> https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Main_Page says "/*The Free Software
> Directory*/ is a project of the Free Software Foundation (FSF). We
> catalog useful free software that runs under free operating systems —
> particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants."
> 
> 
> We need to change this text as we have added Windows and other non-free
> OS's.

No we don't and we shouldn't. The statement as we have it is 100%
accurate. Every program listed in the directory runs on GNU/Linux. If
they happen to also run on other operating systems, then that is a fact
and we can acknowledge that fact, but it doesn't mean acknowledging such
facts should lead us to emphasize or put more attention on proprietary
operating system.

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