[GNU-linux-libre] Fwd: Please inform free distro maintainers

[Brett Smith]

FYI, RMS has made an addition to the Free Software Distribution
Guidelines.  The full text is included in the email below.

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Subject: Please inform free distro maintainers
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:22:34 -0400
From: Richard Stallman <address@hidden>
Reply-To: address@hidden
To: address@hidden

I added this suggestion to
/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html.
Please forward it to the maintainers of the free distros.


<h3 id="upstream">Please Teach Users about Free Software</h3>

<p>To establish lasting freedom, just giving users freedom isn't
sufficient.  It is necessary also to teach them to understand what it
means and to demand it.  Thus, we suggest and urge that free distros
announce prominently on the screen, before login and on the default
desktop after login, a prominent statement about freedom, such as
&ldquo;This system is freedom-respecting free/libre software&rdquo; or
something comparable, and to present a link or icon pointing at
gnu.org or gnu.org/philosophy for further information about the
issue.</p>

--
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation
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