Re: For those who care about the GR

[Benjamin Seidenberg <astronut@dlgeek.net>]

Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:

> 2006/1/22, Thijs Kinkhorst <kink@squirrelmail.org>:
>  
>
> > This goes even further here, because the DFSG is not even a strict set of
> > rules but are guidelines. As we all know, guidelines are subject to
> > interpretation on a case-by-case basis, that's what distinguishes them
> > from rules. Therefore, I think a specific application of guidelines can
> > not be seen as a fact.
> >    
>
> As someone who can't vote and thus whose opinion doesn't matter, it
> seems to me that the issue is that people may actually want to vote
> multiple ways:
>
> 1. debian-legal is wrong, the GFDL is compatable with the DFSG and
> thus should be included in main.
> 2. I know the GFDL isn't compatable with the DFSG but I think it
> should be allowed in main anyway.
> 3. I know the GFDL isn't compatable with the DFSG but the DFSG is only
> for software not documentation, so it's allowed in main for
> documentation only. :)
>
> It seems that some people see the vote as meaning 1 and others want
> meaning 2. The latter would seems to require changing the SC, the
> former wouldn't.
> --
> Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@gmail.com> http://svana.org/kleptog/
>
>
>  
You forgot 1b) I think that the GFDL-without-invariant-sections is 
compatible with the DFSG. That's an interpretation, and should only need 
a majority. Other than that, you're right (IMHO)

Benjamin

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