From 632c6364e65fe44d4ac182389793e07ad9c51849 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 01:52:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Delete MPEG Audio (it is forbidden). Explain more about why Qt is important. Delete screen-savers item. --- etc/tasks.texi | 26 ++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/tasks.texi b/etc/tasks.texi index fdab93767bd..25b72f689cf 100644 --- a/etc/tasks.texi +++ b/etc/tasks.texi @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ @setfilename tasks.info @settitle GNU Task List @c UPDATE THIS DATE WHENEVER YOU MAKE CHANGES! -@set lastupdate 18 July 1997 +@set lastupdate 25 July 1997 @c %**end of header @setchapternewpage off @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ high priority projects. @itemize @bullet @item -If you are good at writing documentation, please do. +If you are good at writing documentation, please do that. @item If you are very good at C programming and interested in kernels, you can @@ -124,8 +124,17 @@ Help develop Windows NT emulation for GNU systems---for example, WINE. Implement the Kermit data transfer protocol. (See below.) @item -Develop a free compatible replacement for Qt, a graphics toolkit -library. +Develop a free compatible replacement for Qt, a GUI toolkit library. Qt +is not free software, because users are prohibited from distributing +modified versions. Thus, Qt cannot be included in a free operating +system (adding it would make the system as a whole non-free). + +But some developers are writing free applications that use Qt and cannot +run without it. These programs, although free software, are useless for +free operating systems because there is no way to make them run. + +This is leading to a serious problem, and a free replacement for Qt is +the only solution. Hence the high degree of urgency of this project. @item Develop a substitute, which runs on GNU systems, for some very popular @@ -437,9 +446,11 @@ A program to play sound distributed in ``Real Audio'' format. @item A program to generate ``Real Audio'' format from audio input. +@ignore @c Software patents have made this domain off limits to free software. @item An MPEG III audio encoder/decoder (but it is necessary to check, first, whether patents make this impossible). +@end ignore @item Speech-generation programs (there is a program from Brown U that you @@ -544,7 +555,7 @@ simulation games. Improve GnuGo, which is not yet very sophisticated. @item -Imitations of popular video games: +Write imitations of some popular video game: @itemize - @item @@ -566,11 +577,6 @@ Watchmaker}). @item A program to display effects of moving at relativistic speeds. @end itemize - -@item -Intriguing screen-saver programs to make interesting pictures. -Other such programs that are simply entertaining to watch. -For example, an aquarium. @end itemize We do not need @code{rogue}, as we have @code{hack}. -- 2.39.5