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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 /doc/emacs/macos.texi | |
| parent | ff49d86b6419f88205ff9a5d8b1cc46fcda8371c (diff) | |
| download | emacs-9db62bf993d746924a61cab5a532d99dfe2b0927.tar.gz | |
Distinguish free from non-free OSes
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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 |