> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at 11:53 PM > From: "Andrea G. Monaco" <monacoandre...@gmail.com> > To: savannah-hackers@gnu.org > Subject: Re: Dependence on nonfree software > > > > For example, free software client to Google Docs (imagine for a moment they > > have an API) may be submitted to GNU Savannah. Would it become approved as > free > > software at GNU Savannah? To my knowledge, Google Docs clearly is > classified as > > "Service as Software Substitute". > > > That is a very different issue from the one we are discussing now, but I > wouldn't host such a project on NonGNU Savannah (though I'm not an evaluator). > > Maybe we could add a separate and explicit exclusion criterion for SaSS > clients.
What we are discussing is of free software that could run on a server that is proprietary. There would be no problem with that. If one is using a proprietary machine (e.g. work server) one should be able to run free software on said machine. I see no problem why Savannah should stop it. > Andrea Monaco > >
