Svetlana Tkachenko <svetl...@members.fsf.org> writes:
> 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". The SaaSS article explains that google docs could be used from a free software client without being SaaSS https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.en.html RMS never said we should allow programs that do bad things. Savannah hosting rules are pretty exhaustive, but they don't need to specify every single bad thing a program could do, I can think of many things it doesn't say that I'm sure would be unacceptable. If you spot a program that does something bad, it can always be removed if necessary, the hosting rules say "We do reserve the right, however, to discontinue hosting a project." -- Ian Kelling | Senior Systems Administrator, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: B125 F60B 7B28 7FF6 A2B7 DF8F 170A F0E2 9542 95DF https://fsf.org | https://gnu.org
