That&#x27;s a very positive spin on the message. The way I read it is that developers and maintainers are <i>encouraged</i> to make Emacs work better on free than non-free platforms.<p>This is, sadly, self-defeating. If Emacs were widely recognized as the best editor (or whatever of its myriad functions you use it for), &quot;works best on GNU&#x2F;Linux&quot; could advance the cause of free software. As it stands, though, &quot;only works well on GNU&#x2F;Linux&quot; instead just means that fewer people will be using it.