[dima55]

In addition to being annoying, it raises questions about whether it is free software or not. Some people care a whole lot about that. And some people have higher standards about being nagged. And lots and lots of time was spent discussing solutions, for instance: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=915541

[quasarj]

Ah, I see, they have changed it (or possibly the version on my system has had the --will-cite patched out, as discussed in this bug).

Okay, I accept your argument about Free Software. However, I find it interesting that it's a GNU project... they are generally the most hardline Free Software people.