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| author | Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2018-03-30 19:05:22 -0700 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2018-03-30 19:08:44 -0700 |
| commit | 9db62bf993d746924a61cab5a532d99dfe2b0927 (patch) | |
| tree | 73329bd007434143e55ec660a890de8a3d07c5e4 | |
| parent | ff49d86b6419f88205ff9a5d8b1cc46fcda8371c (diff) | |
| download | emacs-9db62bf993d746924a61cab5a532d99dfe2b0927.tar.gz | |
Distinguish free from non-free OSes
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/macos.texi | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/msdos.texi | 7 |
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diff --git a/doc/emacs/macos.texi b/doc/emacs/macos.texi index e669eaa4cbd..00e52f26d5e 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/macos.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/macos.texi @@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ built either without window system support, with X11, or with the Cocoa interface; this section only applies to the Cocoa build. This does not support versions before macOS 10.6. + GNUstep is free software; MacOS is not. MacOS a non-free operating +system; that means it denies its users the freedom that every computer +user deserves. That is an injustice. For your freedom's sake, we +urge you to switch to a free operating system. + + We support GNU Emacs on proprietary operating systems because +we hope this taste of freedom will inspire users to escape from them. + For various historical and technical reasons, Emacs uses the term @samp{Nextstep} internally, instead of ``Cocoa'' or ``macOS''; for instance, most of the commands and variables described in this section diff --git a/doc/emacs/msdos.texi b/doc/emacs/msdos.texi index 90f0389a0e0..ceb203c1c77 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/msdos.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/msdos.texi @@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ manual (@pxref{MS-DOS,,, emacs-xtra, Specialized Emacs Features}). section (@pxref{MS-DOS}). @end ifnottex + MS-Windows is a non-free operating system; that means it denies its +users the freedom that every computer user deserves. That is an +injustice. For your freedom's sake, we urge you to switch to a free +operating system. + + We support GNU Emacs on these proprietary operating systems because +we hope this taste of freedom will inspire users to escape from them. The behavior of Emacs on MS-Windows is reasonably similar to what is documented in the rest of the manual, including support for long file |