Re: Decision on R datasets
]] Andreas Tille
> On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 10:31:47PM +0100, Stephen Gran wrote:
> >
> > Charles' statement made me nervous because it sounds like he is saying
> > he's not interested in looking carefully enough to know which side of
> > any line he's on, and he wants to use Debian resources to redistribute
> > that lack of effort. I don't think that's responsible behavior, and I
> > don't want him to take such a cavalier attitude with resources that
> > affect the wider project. If Charles wants to pack up his toys and go
> > home, I'd like him to actually go home.
>
> I'd call statements like yours at putting fellow DDs attitudes at its
> worst. There is no point in accusing Charles about not having
> understand Debian's philosophy correctly.
If you think sgran wrote that, I'd suggest you reread his statement.
> You would be well advised to check out Charles very picky work on
> licenses before becoming agressive like this. So there is no point in
> taking a possibly emotional comment about additional work (compared to
> a status quo we had before) that was put on Charles by a new guideline
> about R packages that are all DFSG licensed and distributable but just
> not in the prefered form of modification.
Not in the preferred form for modification means you're not distributing
the source. We don't do that.
--
Tollef Fog Heen
UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are
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