Re: Linking to non-free websites from gnome.org

[Richard Stallman <rms gnu org>]

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  > Second, linking to a web site is not an automatic endorsement of its 
  > script licensing or the practices of its operator.

For the most part, I think you are right: making a link to a site does
not endorse most aspects of how the site operates.

However, linking to the site and suggesting people do a certain job
with the site does make one very specific statement about the site.
It says that such use of the site is something we approve of.

If such use of the site requires running nonfree softare on your machine,
we shouldn't say we approve of that.

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