On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 6:18 PM, David Hedlund <pub...@beloved.name> wrote: > I would love to have your operating systems listed in > https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-non-gnu-distros.en.html, however the Free > Software Foundation "staff said that those who want their distros listed > have to request it. Being listed involves a commitment to remove any nonfree > software present" to quote Richard Stallman. Please mail to this address if > you would like to get listed: campai...@fsf.org > > Can you do that? >
We've discussed this topic previously on freedos-devel, and I think the short version is this: I would very much like for FreeDOS to be listed on the FSF's website, but FSF has some issues with the compilers used in FreeDOS (specifically OpenWatcom) and no "FSF-approved" compilers exist for DOS that can do the job on a system lower than a '386. So we don't worry too much that the FSF doesn't list us as a "Free Non-GNU Distribution." So we make sure FreeDOS remains as close to the free software ideal as possible - and as practical. We only include open source software in the FreeDOS distribution, for example. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
