Mark H Weaver <m...@netris.org> writes: > Mathieu Lirzin <m...@gnu.org> writes: > >> David Craven <da...@craven.ch> writes: >> >>> Quoting FSDG: >>> A free system distribution must not steer users towards obtaining any >>> nonfree information for practical use, or encourage them to do so. >>> >>> We are not steering or encouraging users to do any thing by displaying >>> the source url of the tarball, >> >> That's an interpretation of it. I think that point deserves a >> discussion on <gnu-linux-li...@nongnu.org> mailing list, before >> including such change in Guix UI. > > I agree with Mathieu. Having the Guix UI display a source URI that > contains non-free software is arguably steering users towards obtaining > nonfree information for practical use. > > We will need to ask for input from <gnu-linux-li...@nongnu.org> before > considering this.
Sorry, I made a quoting error in my previous message. The next two lines were actually written by David, although my quoting made them appear to be from Mathieu: >> Asking me to start a discussion on the linux-libre mailing list over >> this is an unreasonable request. > > I'm sorry that you feel that way, but I'm afraid I must block this > proposed change until that discussion occurs. > > Mark
