On Thu, 13 Dec 2007, Theo de Raadt wrote:

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> Since both emacs and gcc contain code inside them which permit them to
> compile and run on commercial operating systems which are non-free,
> you are a slimy hypocrite.
>
>> Thus, we should not steer people towards non-free software.
>
> Both those software packages steer people towards being able to use
> emacs and gcc on commercial systems.
>
> You are a hypocritical liar, Richard.

OpenBSD used to send its April 1st announcements. I bet Richard has turned 
the wrong page in his calendar today. Richard is obviously joking! He 
can't mean it, really!

Now seriously.

Theo, you are completely right. Again. Not only GNU Emacs (which is 
developed and maintained by Richard personally) includes code allowing 
people to run it on non-free platforms, GNU Project also _actively_ and 
_publicly_ supports use of such non-free operating systems, see `Supported 
Platforms' on GNU Project's website:

http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html#Platforms
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/MACHINES

   Emacs 22 runs on these operating systems regardless of the machine type:

        GNU/Linux                   NetBSD
        FreeBSD                     OpenBSD
        AIX 4.3.3 and higher        Solaris
        Mac OS X                    SunOS
        MS DOS                      Ultrix
        MS Windows
          and others...

GNU Emacs also contains code which GNU Project developed specifically to
support those non-free platforms and maintaines native builds for them:

(from http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs-faq.text)

    4.5 What is different about Emacs 22?
    =====================================
[...]
      * Emacs 22 features support for GNU/Linux systems on S390 and x86-64
        machines, as well as support for the Mac OS X and Cygwin operating
        systems.

      * The native MS-Windows, Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X builds include full
        support for images, toolbar, and tooltips.


Richard, you really have a perverted sense of humour. It isn't April 1st
today.

Regards,
David