Re: What are the rules for packages in savannah.nongnu.org?

[Ineiev]

On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 11:54:59PM -0400, Richard Stallman wrote:
... 
> I think we should change that text to this:
> 
>       > To be hosted on Savannah, your project must be free software, and
>       > it must be kept independent of any nonfree software. The package
>       > must not refer the user to any nonfree software; in other words.
>       > it must not say anything that in our judgment is likely to
>       > lead or steer users towards any nonfree software, In
>       > particular, it must not automatically download or install any
>       > nonfree software.
> 
> I'm simply avoiding a possible loophole for people to misinterpret it.
> 
> What do you people think of this change?

I would remove "must not refer the user to any nonfree software",
it seems too strong to me (e.g. when Emacs says it runs on top
of specific nonfree OSes, it sounds like a reference to me):

>       > To be hosted on Savannah, your project must be free software, and
>       > it must be kept independent of any nonfree software. The package
>       > must not say anything that in our judgment is likely to
>       > lead or steer users towards any nonfree software. In
>       > particular, it must not automatically download or install any
>       > nonfree software.

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