On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 08:51:33PM +0530, Karthik Kumar wrote:
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> On Jan 5, 2008 8:19 PM, Sunnz <sunnzy@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 2008/1/6, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>:
> > >     > Thank you for telling me about this problem.  I will talk with them
> > >     > about this ASAP.  I expect they will probably remove those.
> > >
> > >     And ReactOS is next?
> > >
> > > Does ReactOS recommend non-free software?
> > > If so. please show me what it says, and the URL.
> > > I do not have a lot of influence with them, but I could
> > > at least remove the link to ReactOS if it comes to that.
> >
> > I don't think OpenBSD users understand what you mean by "recommend
> > non-free software", so if you could, please, give an example by
> > showing where OpenBSD (web-site?) says that it recommend non-free
> > software and the URL.
> >
> 
> Pardon me for intervening:
> 
> http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq13.html#javaflash tells the user how to
> get these things into a clean OpenBSD system.
> I am sure that it doesn't include the words: "Zomg! you have to use it
> and we highly recommend it" but _every_ OpenBSD user is encouraged to
> read the FAQ and as a consequence ends up reading these sessions.
> Maybe they should come with the kind of dubious warning signs we get
> on cigarette packs: Use of non-free software is highly harmful to your
> computer and ethics.
> 

On another hand we are not GNU/GPL and we don't mind our users installing
non free software if it is what they want. The FAQ is where this needs to
be documented for users to get their job done faster. 


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> On a more serious note: everybody who criticizes the other of non-free
> software must come clean first: No clean, no talk.
> 

one who criticizes the other should come informed too.

-- 
Gilles Chehade