On Mon, 4 Jan 2010 09:16:43 -0800 Sean Kellogg wrote: > On Sunday 03 January 2010 09:52:04 am Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > > [While you are at it, could you please set a sane wrap value? Long > > lines in your e-mail messages are unpractical to read on web archives > > and to reply to...] > > The archive looks fine [1] [...] > [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-legal@lists.debian.org/msg40546.html [...] Walter Landry has already pointed out that this is not the official archive... [...] > > Also, my goal is not to "inject controversy". > > I just express my opinion, in the sincere hope that it can help in > > enhancing Debian. When decision-makers disagree with me, I still hope > > I can persuade them to change their minds. Whenever I am *aware* that > > my opinion is not in line with the official position of the Debian > > Project, I try to explicitly point this out. > > I hear what you're saying, and I sympathize with your plight. Changing > minds in Debian is a hurculean task. But the dude asking the question > wasn't a Debian decision-maker, he was just some guy asking about the > DFSG-ness of a license as applied to a particular piece of software. I > my opinion, the mailing list should provide him as direct and > politics-free answer as possible. That's what I was trying to provide, but I cannot quote the official position when I do not know there's one. For the choice of venue issue, I depicted the situation I was aware of (long discussions, no clear consensus, but many people against such clauses, including me!). -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html Need some pdebuild hook scripts? ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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