Re: Manual talks about commercial software

[Bruno Haible]

Hello,

Kaloian Doganov wrote:
> The GNU `gettext' utilities manual says:
> 
>     Usually, programs are written and documented in English, and use
>     English at execution time to interact with users.  This is true
>     not only of GNU software, but also of a great deal of proprietary
>     and free software.

Actually, it currently says "commercial".

> The last sentence gives the impression that commercial software is the
> opposite of free software.  This is a common confusion that should be
> avoided.  The opposite of free software is non-free software.

Yes, thanks for pointing this out. You know, the manual dates back to 1995,
when there was very little commercial free software.

I'm changing the word "commercial" here into "proprietary" (which is really
a synonym for "non-free"). Thanks.

Bruno