On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:14:59 -0500, "Richard Stallman"

said:

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>     IMO, a big part of the problem here is that when you say "recommend"

>     in

>     this context what you actually mean appears (based on the discussion

>     here) to be something that most people would express as "not

>     deliberately erect barriers against".

>

> The evidence of this discussion shows that's not a good description

> for what I am saying.  Many of the people on this list were told that

> I want OpenBSD to "erect barriers against" installing non-free

> programs.  And their words show that they think this means designing

> the system so that installing non-free programs is impossible.  (I

> have not suggested such a thing.)

>

> My usage of the "recommend" fits in normal usage.  If you include

> program FOO in a list of programs that could be installed, implicitly

> that recommends installing FOO as an option for people to consider.

>

> Perhaps "implicitly recommend" would be a clearer description of this

> particular case.

But it's not implicit at all. Do you know the meaning of that word?

What the fuck did they teach you at MIT? Please STFU and go away.