Re: [emacs-tangents] A new filter-based customization interface

[Madhu]

* Richard Stallman <E1tQfWS-0001AV-O9@fencepost.gnu.org> :
Wrote on Wed, 25 Dec 2024 23:30:56 -0500:

[??? wrote]
>   > People promote non-free software all the on this list e.g. with
>   > @gmail in their addresses or talk about non-free operating systems.
>   > There's even a package solely to support non-free software in Elpa.
>
> I think we are miscommunicating.  Promoting nonfree software, in the
> GNU Project, is much more specific than you envision.  It means urging
> users to do something (now, or later) in a way that involves _their_
> running nonfree software.  If you tell people to look at that page on
> https://justpaste.it/, you're directing _them_ to run its nonfree
> Javascript code.
>
> Just talking about some nonfree software is not promoting it unless
> you encourage or direct people to use it.  For instance, mentioning
> Windows or MacOS as part of making GNU Emacs run on them, or saying
> that it does, is not promoting those systems.  Sending mail that says
> it is from gmail doesn't direct other people to use gmail -- they can
> receive that message using any email facility.

On the other hand sending mail to any gmail user compels that user to
use non-free software and entrench them in non-free bondage.  This may
not not be an issue for GNU as an organization it should prick the
conscience of any one who is actually in communication with gmail users,
and promoting their stumbling.