Re: documentation eq software ?
On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 08:05:58PM +0200, Mathieu Roy wrote:
> Please point out which parts of Emacs documentation are
> invariant. If I'm not mistaking, these parts express some personal
> feelings. Personals feelings are not something that can be enhanced by
> someone else.
Did you bother to check? The invariant sections are:
The GNU Manifesto
Distribution
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
All of these express things other than personal feelings, in many
cases things which very obviously may need future changes.
For example, both the "Distribution" section and the GPL contain
addresses which have changed before and will probably change again.
The Distribution section is completely factual. The GPLv2 is
well-known, but will apparently have to be included in the emacs
manual forever and ever, even long after emacs itself has
moved on to GPLv10. The Manifesto has collected some footnotes
over time. Do you still see no potential for enhancement?
The FSF is in the privileged position of being able to change
these sections when they need to be changed, and they're claiming
that no-one else will ever need to.
Richard Braakman
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