Re: [directory-discuss] FSDG Blacklist Rescue project canceled

[David Hedlund]

On 2018-01-24 05:45, bill-auger wrote:
> On 01/23/2018 11:08 PM, David Hedlund wrote:
> > Bad news, to quote Richard Stallman:>
> > Please delete the page
> > https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Free_Software_Directory:Free_System_Distribution_Guidelines_Blacklist_Rescue.
> >
> > That information is not supposed to be on our web sites!
> >
> > We have a rule that we don't even mention the name of a nonfree program
> > unless it is very widely known.  We do not want to inform people people
> > that these programs exist.

We can extend https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/GNU/Linux to include:

Type            Free program            Replacement for
Kernel          [[GNU Linux-libre]]     Linux


What do you think about it Stallman?

> that page has no information, only the project proposal
>
> but what of the "List of software that does not respect the Free System
> Distribution Guidelines" page which displays exactly the same sort of
> information and intention; and has existed prominently for several years
> being noted as a critical reference on the "Free System Distribution
> Checklist" page - this prescription would require it's removal also -
> the majority of the packages listed there are very obscure and the
> information is out-dated - the "blacklist rescue" plan was only to
> update that information, then extend it, and make it more easily
> accessible and useful
>
> so the "List of software that does not respect the Free System
> Distribution Guidelines" should also be deleted - or reduced to only
> "very widely known" packages - yes?

Libreplanet and the Free Software Directory are different projects.

> [1]:
> https://libreplanet.org/wiki/List_of_software_that_does_not_respect_the_Free_System_Distribution_Guidelines
> [2]: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Free_System_Distribution_Checklist