Re: Bug#566220: [PATCH] Clarify "verbatim copy of its copyright and distribution license"

[Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>]

Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> writes:

> You continue to insist on having a discussion about what Policy
> *means*. I've told you repeatedly what it means. This answer is
> authoritative not because I have some authority personally, but
> because this is the meaning that has *been consistently applied for
> the past decade*.

The application has not been consistent. You wrote a message laying out
an explanation for the inconsistency (for which I thank you).

Before we move on with arguing for a change from what ftpmaster's
position is, I'd like to know from the ftpmasters *what* that position
is, so that pronouncement can be referenced publicly.

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 \       “Anyone who puts a small gloss on [a] fundamental technology, |
  `\          calls it proprietary, and then tries to keep others from |
_o__)           building on it, is a thief.” —Tim O'Reilly, 2000-01-25 |
Ben Finney