Re: changes and standards documents
Hi,
>>"Raul" == Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com> writes:
Raul> Once again: yes, if it's legal to distribute standards which don't
Raul> allow revision then we should do so, but not as part of main.
Raul> But standards which merely ask that modified results be identified
Raul> as not that standard should receive preferential treatment (and be
Raul> distributed as a part of main).
Raul> I'm not sure why you have a problem with this?
Because I am not sure that the standard which asks no
modifications to be made is detrimental to the free software
community, and I definitely do not think it should be consigned to
the same category as proprietary software in non-free.
I, too, prefer standards that use the modification-means-rename
claues, and they should be goven preference -- but I do not think
that standards that are freely distributable but do not allow
modifications do not deserve a place in main.
I think we differ in where we draw the line, and that is
essentially opinion. What do others on the policy list think?
manoj
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