Re: GNU/Hurd section in webpages

[Robert Millan]

On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 02:39:19PM +0200, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
>    Then Alfred pointed out that the FSF policy discourages linking to
>    sites that distribute non-free software, which includes Debian,
>    Gentoo and Bee.
> 
> In fact, FSF polict _prohibits_ any kind of reference to non-free
> software.  From "Guidelines for Web Page Creation":
> 
>  No page on the GNU project web server should ever make any references
>  to non-free software or non-free documentation.  This is VERY
>  important.

The particular text you quoted is off-topic. Could you paste a link with the
whole guidelines?

>    I don't see where the Hurd website is going without linking to a
>    Hurd-based distribution in some way. Is there really a problem with
>    that?
> 
> Yes, there is a problem with linking to non-free software.  As for how
> the Hurd website will "go" without a link to a GNU/Hurd distribution,
> I don't see the problem there.  The GNU Project is going quite well on
> without a link to a GNU/Linux distribution.  And it has worked quite
> well so far for us without a link to a GNU/Hurd distribution.

It hasn't. Would you take a look at:

  http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/install.html

"The GNU/Hurd installation guide written by Neal Walfield explains how to
install the Debian GNU/Hurd binary distribution of the Hurd."

"The Debian GNU/Hurd binary distribution of the GNU/Hurd system can be
installed most conveniently from CD ROM. The complete Debian GNU/Hurd snapshot
fits on three CDs. Images of the current CD ROM set are available within the
directory http://ftp.gnu.org/iso/ of the GNU FTP server."

-- 
Robert Millan

"[..] but the delight and pride of Aule is in the deed of making, and in the
thing made, and neither in possession nor in his own mastery; wherefore he
gives and hoards not, and is free from care, passing ever on to some new work."

 -- J.R.R.T, Ainulindale (Silmarillion)