Re: Replacement applications on nonfree systems

[Theodore Somers]

On 8/26/21 8:27 PM, Richard Stallman wrote:
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>    > Thanks, I added "we don't review single-platform free software for
>    > proprietary operating systems.
>
> That is correct, but incomplete.  To be complete, it should say this:
>
>     We don't review free programs that don't run on GNU or GNU/Linux.
>
> If a program runs on two or more different nonfree platforms,
> we still do not review it.
>
> Even if it runs on BSD or Replicant, but not GNU or GNU/Linux, we
> still do not review it.  We don't disapprove of them morally, but we
> don't study them because that would be outside the scope of our
> activity.
That would mean GNU is the scope of the FSF. isn't the FSF separate from 
GNU? Wouldn't it make sense to leave more room for people to develop 
operating systems more similar to what they already use if they use 
something that isn't unix-like? For example: windows users.