On Feb 09, Adam Borowski <kilobyte@mimuw.edu.pl> wrote: > There are two different definitions of the word software: > 1. something that can be represented as a finite stream of bits > 2. a computer program > > Definition 1. is precise, definition 2. is not (PostScript, pseudocode, Unfortunately, definition #2 is the one which almost everybody agreed to when they joined debian in the past years and which was used by the ftpmasters and release managers when applying the DFSG. > Thus, the "editorial change" was simply "changing the wording to something > disambiguous". This is clearly just an editorial change _unless_ someone > mistakenly assumes the other interpretation. Which seems to be the case Just about everybody assumed the other interpretation, and pretending that it was different is nothing short than rewriting history. The change had deep practical effects, so it was obviously not "editorial". -- ciao, Marco
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature