GNU bug report logs - #48023
download.html has better instructions for non-free systems

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 01:50:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 48023 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: rms <at> gnu.org, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 48023 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#48023: download.html has better instructions for non-free
 systems
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 22:01:46 +0300

On 26.04.2021 07:42, Richard Stallman wrote:
> Of all those, the only one that is a free distro is GNU Guix.
> The others are nonfree distros that we don't want to promote.

Are they even remotely as "nonfree" as Windows or MacOS, which have 
dedicated installation instructions on that web page?

Are you sure that free software movement is well served by painting 
Debian, Arch and Fedora in the same light, using the same turn of phrase?
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