diff --git a/faq.html b/faq.html index ab305d7c..0d532257 100644 --- a/faq.html +++ b/faq.html @@ -521,34 +521,33 @@ of personal preference as to which editor you should use. If you're the type of person who likes using the original version of a program, then Pico is the editor for you. If you're looking for a few more features and a 'better' license as far as adding your own changes (sacrificing -mailer integration and a little stability), nano is the way to go. +mailer integration and a little stability), nano is the way to go. +
Technically there is nothing "wrong" -with the U of W license for Pine and Pico. However, it is not -considered truly "free" according to the Debian -Free Software Guidelines. The only real problem as far as I'm -aware as that there are limitations on the redistribution of programs based -on the Pine and Pico source. So at a real nitty gritty level, -these programs are not considered Free Software. This is why Pico -isn't distributed in binary form in debian, and hence one of the main reasons -nano was started.+
The U of W license for Pine and +Pico is not considered truly Free Software according to both the Free +Software Foundation and the the Debian +Free Software Guidelines. The main problem regards the +limitations on distributing derived works: according to UW, you can +distribute their software, and you can modfify it, but you can not do +both, i.e. distribute modified binaries.
Well, there is nothing stopping you from -using Pine with nano (or Pine with Pico for that matter). But if -you want to use programs that are considered Free Software, you may want -to look into mutt. It is a full-screen, -console based mail program that actually has a lot more flexibility than -Pine, but has a keymap included in the distribution that allows you to -use the same keystrokes as Pine would to send and receive mail. It's -also licensed under the GPL.+
If you are looking to use a Free +Software program similar to PINE and emacs is not your things, you should +definitely take a look at mutt. It +is a full-screen, console based mail program that actually has a lot more +flexibility than Pine, but has a keymap included in the distribution that +allows you to use the same keystrokes as Pine would to send and receive +mail. It's also licensed under the GPL.