Re: Lift "runs on GNU/Linux" requirement

[David Hedlund]

On 2021-08-20 05:17, Richard Stallman wrote:
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> The free software directory is meant to advance the free software
> movement.  We seek to replace proprietary operating systems, not to
> enhance them.  So we only make entries for programs that run on GNU
> (including GNU/Linux).
>
> However, the pages of "free replacements for common applications on
> the XYZ system" serve a somewhat different purpose.
> It seems to make sense to recommend a Windows-only program
> in the list of "replacements for Windows".  Of course, we won't
> make an entry for it.

Instead of adding entries for them, we could review them by adding HTML
comments after the external link instead. Example for
https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Collection:Windows, change:

[http://www.clamwin.com/ ClamWin]

to:

[http://www.clamwin.com/ ClamWin]<!-- Free software license:
GPL-2.0-or-later. Non-free software dependencies: No   -->


This review method can be documented in
https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Free_Software_Directory:Requirements#Free_software_replacements


> We decided to move these into the FSD because that had some advantages.
> It also has some disadvantages.  It isn't a perfect fit, and this
> is an example of how it is not perfect.
>
> But I think it's ok to have a less-than-perfect fit here,
> since there is no obvious perfect alternative.
>