Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el

[Jean Louis]

* Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> [2020-12-31 14:54]:
> However, depending on the repository, the license information may be
> incomplete, inaccurate, or downwards misleading. So I'm not sure it is
> a good idea to display it by default. It can be done, tho.

GNU project is development of free software. It does not contribute
and should not contribute to installations, references, promotion or
support to non-free software, neither it shall support remote servers
doing so.

Specific free GNU/Linux operating systems and their packages are
promoted and supported by GNU project:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html

Others are not supported:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html

As non-free packages are not advertised by GNU project neither by free
endorsed OSes it would be contradiction to advertise such non-free
packages through this package. GNU ELPA should not promote such
non-free packages and should not provide API to remote server that
lists, searches, indexes and provides results where non-free packages
may be included.

The package you proposed does not teach users about free software but
advertises non-free software.

repology.org compiles databases of free software and non-free software
together without any ethical distinction. 

It is in contradiction how endorsed free software GNU/Linux operating
systems are structured, see:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

Additionally it advertises third party server about which we know
nothing of, which would collecting data from Emacs users.

Repology server does not give credits to GNU. Why would GNU give
credits and kudos to Repology server?

Debian GNU/Linux is named just "Debian" at repology.org.

GNU Guix is named just "Guix" instead of "GNU Guix" on repology.org

Parabola GNU/Linux-libre is called "Parabola" without mentioning the
full name of the system on repology.org

Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre is not mentioned by its full name, but
rather just as "Hyperbola" on repology.org, not giving proper credits
to GNU.

Trisquel, etc. the same.

GNU/Linux system is named "Linux" on repology.org, please see:

Why do you call the system we use GNU/Linux and not Linux?
https://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html#why

Jean