-depend on the parts of Sun's Java implementation which are not yet
-free software, and won't run on the GNU Java Compiler (which does not
-yet have all the features) or won't run with the GNU Java libraries.
-We hope this particular problem will be gone in a few months, when Sun
-makes the standard Java libraries free software, but of course the
-general principle remains: you should not recommend programs that
-depend on non-free software to run.
-
-Some free programs encourage the use of non-free software. A typical
-example is @command{mplayer}. It is free software in itself, and the
-free code can handle some kinds of files. However, @command{mplayer}
-recommends use of non-free codecs for other kinds of files, and users
-that install @command{mplayer} are very likely to install those codecs
-along with it. To recommend @command{mplayer} is, in effect, to
-recommend the non-free codecs. We must not do that, so we cannot
-recommend @command{mplayer} either.
-
-In general, you should also not recommend programs that themselves
-strongly recommend the use of non-free software.
+depend on some non-free Java libraries. To recommend or promote such
+a program is to promote the other programs it needs. This is why we
+are careful about listing Java programs in the Free Software
+Directory: we don't want to promote the non-free Java libraries.
+
+We hope this particular problem with Java will be gone by and by, as
+we replace the remaining non-free standard Java libraries with free
+software, but the general principle will remain the same: don't
+recommend, promote or legitimize programs that depend on non-free
+software to run.
+
+Some free programs strongly encourage the use of non-free software. A
+typical example is @command{mplayer}. It is free software in itself,
+and the free code can handle some kinds of files. However,
+@command{mplayer} recommends use of non-free codecs for other kinds of
+files, and users that install @command{mplayer} are very likely to
+install those codecs along with it. To recommend @command{mplayer}
+is, in effect, to promote use of the non-free codecs.
+
+Thus, you should not recommend programs that strongly encourage the
+use of non-free software. This is why we do not list
+@command{mplayer} in the Free Software Directory.