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>> As I've said, I think it's acceptable for free applications to run on
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>> non-free platforms (and say that they do), because this doesn't
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>> recommend the installation of those non-free platforms.  But free
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>> systems should not recommend, suggest, or offer to install non-free
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> What is an operating system? An OS could be considered an "application", 

Emacs/XEmacs is an excellent Microsoft Operating system shell to run.
Manage your files and browse the web.

It is released under the GPL (general public license).

Running a program on Windows is not encouraging the use of Windows. 
Rather it is actually encouraging people to use Windows, you see. That's 
not the same thing.

People publish screenshots of Emacs running on MS Windows and post them 
on the internet, and this is the enemy of your freedom. It shows how 
excellent XEmacs/Emacs run on Windows so that they don't even have to 
run gNewSense.

When the dog wags his tail, the tail actually is wagging his dog. And 
when the tail wags the dog, the dog is actually wagging the tail. Not 
the other way around.

Oranges are free, grapefruits are not.
Oranges are free, grapefruits are not.
Oranges are free, grapefruits are not.

L505