Re: Dependence on nonfree software

[Christopher Dimech]

> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at 11:53 PM
> From: "Andrea G. Monaco" <monacoandrea94@gmail.com>
> To: savannah-hackers@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Dependence on nonfree software
>
>
>  > For example, free software client to Google Docs (imagine for a moment they
>  > have an API) may be submitted to GNU Savannah. Would it become approved as 
> free
>  > software at GNU Savannah? To my knowledge, Google Docs clearly is 
> classified as
>  > "Service as Software Substitute".
>
>
> That is a very different issue from the one we are discussing now, but I
> wouldn't host such a project on NonGNU Savannah (though I'm not an evaluator).
>
> Maybe we could add a separate and explicit exclusion criterion for SaSS
> clients.

What we are discussing is of free software that could run on a server
that is proprietary.  There would be no problem with that.

If one is using a proprietary machine (e.g. work server) one should be able
to run free software on said machine.  I see no problem why Savannah should
stop it.



> Andrea Monaco
>
>