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From: Richard Stallman
Subject: repo criteria changes
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2021 23:32:59 -0400

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I've written possible changes for repo-criteria.html.
What do you think of them?  Any comments or suggestions?

In particular, is any point a bad idea?
In particular, is any point unclear?


--- repo-criteria.html.~1.12.~  2018-03-31 05:53:27.229571840 -0400
+++ repo-criteria.html  2021-06-09 18:39:38.443101928 -0400
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@
         against any country.  <strong>(C2)</strong></p></li>
 
     <li id="C3"><p>Permits access via Tor (we consider this an
-        important site function). <strong>(C3)</strong></p></li>
+        important site function).  In particular, torsocks git
+        clone <em>reponame</em> should work.  <strong>(C3)</strong></p></li>
 
     <li id="C4"><p>The site's terms of service contain no odious
         conditions.  <strong>(C4)</strong></p></li>
@@ -103,13 +104,17 @@
         functions when the user disables this code.
         <strong>(B0)</strong></p></li>
 
+    <li id="B0-1"><p>Permits registration using an email address that
+        forwards elsewhere.  <strong>(B0-1)</strong></p></li>
+
     <li id="B1"><p>Does not report visitors to other organizations; in
         particular, no tracking tags in the pages. This means the
         site must avoid most advertising networks.
         <strong>(B1)</strong></p></li>
 
     <li id="B2"><p>Does not encourage bad licensing practices (no
-        license, unclear licensing, GPL N only).
+        license, GPL <emph>n</emph> only, lack of clarity in the package itself
+        about which licenses or license versions apply).
         <strong>(B2)</strong></p></li>
 
     <li id="B3"><p>Does not recommend nonfree licenses for works of
@@ -135,7 +140,7 @@
       <strong>(A3)</strong></p></li>
 
   <li id="A4"><p>Does not permit nonfree licenses (or lack of license) for
-      works for practical use. <strong>(A4)</strong></p></li>
+      works for practical use, in public repos. <strong>(A4)</strong></p></li>
 
   <li id="A5"><p>Does not recommend services that
       are <a 
href="/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html">SaaSS</a>.

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Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
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