Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] gnu: Add halibut.

From: Bruno Victal <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:15:40 +0000

On 2023-03-17 07:50, Liliana Marie Prikler wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, dem 16.03.2023 um 22:24 +0100 schrieb Sergey Trofimov:
>> +    (description "This is yet another text formatting system,
>> intended primarily for
> Use "Halibut" instead of "this".  "yet another" is a little
> superfluous.
>> +writing software documentation.  It accepts a single source format
>> and outputs any or
>> +all of text, HTML, Windows Help, man pages, GNU info, PostScript, or
>> PDF.  
> any or all of => any combination of
> text => plain text,
> Windows Help => delete, we don't advocate unfree software here

Alternatively rename “Windows Help” to “Compiled HTML (.CHM) or WinHelp (.HLP)” which is more neutral?
In general, some format might have been originally conceived for proprietary software but could have
been reverse-engineered and reused in other contexts that might not involve any non-free software at all.

I don't think stating the fact that the program can generate formats commonly used by non-free software
constitutes advocating at all. (in fact omitting this information might do more harm since it can
convey that this (free) software doesn't support that format at all, pushing the user towards some other
potentially non-free software that might fit the bill)

For what my opinion is worth.

Cheers,
Bruno