Re: [Trisquel-users] Anybody ever used ReactOS (a non-GNU/Linux-libre system)

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> I also don't recall anything about software freedom that would favor  
convenience, or favor one set of APIs over another set of APIs (as might  
affect building programs with a Free C++ compiler versus some non-free C++  
compiler) without some clear adverse effect on a user's freedoms to run,  
study, share, and modify the software. Those concerns all strike me to be  
developmental details.

If a non-free compiler is required, then it's not a matter of convenience or  
preference but instead you're unable to use the package in freedom. In  
Trisquel such a package would be considered non-free.