[Brian_K_White]

When was the last time you cited tcp/ip? Or bash? It's ludicrous to expect citation of tools.

How about everyone in all the linux kernel changelogs from 1994 to now? They all did valuable work that you used to produce whatever you've produced.

The tools themselves carry their own citation already.

A list of definitions of the word free (from whatever source) is meaningless and irrelevant.

Citing the brand of your pencil and paper is product placement.

[saulpw]

None of those tools asked me to cite them. Bram asked that I give to his Uganda charity, and I didn't complain that his software wasn't "free" enough.