Re: Lift "runs on GNU/Linux" requirement

[David Hedlund]

On 2021-08-20 06:57, David Hedlund wrote:

> On 2021-08-20 05:17, Richard Stallman wrote:
> > [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
> > [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
> > [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]
> >
> > 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
>

I added: "

• Review: The FSD only allow entries for free programs that run under free GNU-like systems. So in order to review single-platorm free software for proprietary OS add this HTML comment after the external link: <!-- License: . Non-free dependency: [No] -->

> > 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.
> >
> >       
>