Re: Recommending non-free software

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Cc: Stefan Schwandter <e9925373@student.tuwien.ac.at>
Subject: Re: Recommending non-free software
From: Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 19:06:29 +0200
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On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 09:49:13AM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> > Upstream doesn't support lesstif anymore.
> 
> It sounds like upstream basically doesn't want a free software
> package.

Maybe they simply don't care? In any event, we are here to care, about both
free software and the users. So the README file should be objective about
the non-free variant and supportive towards the free variant.

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