Re: changes and standards documents
On Tue, Aug 11, 1998 at 08:35:15AM -0400, Buddha Buck wrote:
> > To sum up a bit as I see it: RMS's arguments about technical
> > documentation are sound, imo. Do the same arguments apply to
> > standards? If not, what is the difference between technical
> > documentation and a standard.
>
> I don't think they do, because in a fundamental way, while standards
> are technical _documents_, I think they are more like personal opinion
> than program documentation (which is mainly what I see RMS's arguments
> applying to).
I don't think so. The opinion clause is preserved for politics, emotions
etc. If you argue the way you did, *everything* is opinion, and the way I
write my software is an opinion, too. Let's not stretch this
opinion-exception too far, please.
Thank you,
Marcus
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