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<h1>Re: forwarded message from Richard Stallman</h1>
<b>Michael K. Johnson</b> (<a href="mailto:johnsonm@redhat.com"><i>johnsonm@redhat.com</i></a>)<br>
<i>Thu, 19 Nov 1998 16:30:29 -0500</i>
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David Mosberger-Tang writes:<br>
<i>&gt;Does anyone who contributed to SANE have reservations against SANE</i><br>
<i>&gt;becoming a GNU program? I think making SANE a GNU program would be</i><br>
<i>&gt;beneficial to both parties (SANE developers &amp; FSF).</i><br>
...<br>
[rms wrote]<br>
<i>&gt;A GNU program should not recommend use of any non-free program, and it</i><br>
<i>&gt;should not refer the user to any non-free documentation.</i><br>
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I object. Trying to encourage freely-available documentation is one<br>
thing, trying to refuse authors the right to refer folks to non-free<br>
documentation when appropriate is objectionable.<br>
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<i>&gt;GNU programs to follow them. For example, the documentation files</i><br>
<i>&gt;and comments in the program should speak of Linux-based GNU systems or</i><br>
<i>&gt;GNU/Linux systems, rather than calling the whole system "Linux", and</i><br>
<i>&gt;should use the term "free software" rather than "open source".</i><br>
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Puh-leeze!<br>
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I know that my opinions don't mean too much, since I wasn't the one<br>
who ported my backend to SANE, I only encouraged it. But it's still<br>
my code, in part, and I am not impressed by RMS's patronizing attitude<br>
here.<br>
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michaelkjohnson<br>
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