On Mon, May 03, 1999 at 04:14:09PM -0700, Joseph Carter wrote: > > b) at some stage there was documentation for motif, but no lesstif. > > Would motif linked programs have been suitable for main because it > > was a documented protocol which one could replace? > > No, linking isn't the same as connecting to a server IMO. Pure evasion. You are using the existence of documentation for a protocol that has no de facto free implementation as justification for a program's inclusion in main, IF policy were such that it would be excluded because of the non-existence of that de facto free implementation. You must, to be consistent, also use the existence of documentation for a library that has no de facto free implementation as justification for a program's inclusion in main, IF policy were such that it would be excluded because of the non-existence of that de facto free implementation (and historically, this has in fact been the policy). -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | Exercise your freedom of religion. Set branden@ecn.purdue.edu | fire to a church of your choice. cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ |
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