FSF guidelines discourage referencing non-free software:
https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/References.html#References
I see some problems with this, and think it'd be better if the
standards addressed these questions head-on.
To me, this prohibition looks like simple protectionism. It
The only reason I see stated is "Proprietary software is a social and
ethical problem, and our aim is to put an end to that problem." What
I don't see explained is why hiding proprietary software from users is
the right way to end it. I would think that the right way is
out-compete proprietary s
(sorry, previous message had some typos -- fixed below)
The only reason I see stated is "Proprietary software is a social and
ethical problem, and our aim is to put an end to that problem." What
I don't see explained is why hiding proprietary software from users is
the right way to end it. I wo
Ilya Shlyakhter writes:
> FSF guidelines discourage referencing non-free software:
> https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/References.html#References
>
> I see some problems with this, and think it'd be better if the
> standards addressed these questions head-on.
>
> To me, this prohibiti
