"Alfred M. Szmidt" ams@gnu.org
I'm not sure what you mean, `non-free software manuals' to me reads as `non-free software manuals', i.e. manuals for non-free software. If MJ meant something else, he is free to clarify.
Please do not use latin on an English-language list, especially incorrectly. I meant non-free software manuals as manuals which are not free software.
English is a richly ambiguous language, which means that there often needs to be several iterations of discussion to clarify a meaning. Experience suggests it's wildly optimistic to assume something was communicated perfectly at the first attempt.