Ihor Radchenko wrote/hat geschrieben on/am 26.01.2023 11:22:
Richard Stallman <r...@gnu.org> writes:
Ihor Radchenko <yanta...@posteo.net> wrote:
> It is hard to define "well known". For me, oracle and mssql databases
> are well-known (just by company name), while saphana and vertica are
> not.
I have never heard of saphana or vertica, which suggests that maybe
this is an issue. However, I don't know the database field, so I
am the wrong one to judge.
Would it then make sense to note the reasons why we support one or
another non-free software in a separate file like etc/NON-FREE-SUPPORT?
Non-free software popular now may not be popular in future, and thus it
will become not ethical to support it then.
Also, what about Emacs supporting MS DOS and old versions of Windows? Do
they still qualify as popular software?
Microsoft would probably appreciate, if only the latest version were
supported by free software.
best regards, Heinz
