On 2003-09-21 14:30:33 +0100 Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:
To point out what the words of the DFSG actually say is surely appropriate for understanding it.
I agree. We have tried to point this out to members of FSF and GNU, but with little success.
I don't think that a message from Bruce Perens, proposing an interpretation that is contrary to the words, settles the issue.
I do not see how that message is contrary to the words.