Re: Proposed addition to Debian web pages re: GNU FDL
Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> wrote:
> * Nathanael Nerode (neroden@twcny.rr.com) [030829 00:05]:
> > Andreas Barth wrote:
> > >I don't think it's good manners to try to push a certain view by
> > >putting it on the web sites. No, first finish the discussion in d-l,
> > >and the you _might_ put additions on the web site. (Though I think
> > >it's even then not the right place for that; but that's a different
> > >point of view.)
>
> > The discussion *is* finished.
>
> Please allow me three remarks:
> 1. I always said it's usefull to remove GFDL-invariant/cover texts
> from main. That's _not_ the point of discussion here.
> 2. It's certainly undue to make such a proposal just a moment before
> the end of a poll. Wait for the poll-result.
The poll is just telling us what we already know. This is not a new
topic that people are still trying to figure out.
> 3. It's IMHO never good to make any too formal statement in the heat of
> a discussion, if it can be avoided. That's valid for making a DFDG,
> and also for changes of web sites. Settle a discussion first, and
> when everyone has cold blood again, make the official statements.
> (That also means that though I would consider a DFDG usefull, it's
> now not the proper time to make it.)
The discussion _has_ been finished for quite a while. All we are
seeing now is people who haven't bothered to read the last few years
of debian-legal.
Regards,
Walter Landry
wlandry@ucsd.edu
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