On Sun, Jan 01, 2006 at 03:02:04PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > It's based on Manoj's draft position statement [2] with some notable > changes (an explicit "why not just say docs != software" section, a > "how can this be fixed" section, a "what is the GFDL?" section, and > reordering the major problems). I've put the above draft on the wiki > [3] so people can tweak it. So, I've updated the wiki [0] in response to most of the suggestions on the list so far. Currently missing are decent explanations why the non-invariant issues are DFSG problems, rather than just annoying; and possibly additional text detailing more of the problems caused by those issues. I see there's some discussion going on in -private too. Petter Reinholdtsen added the following note to the wiki in the section on why documentation should be free: ] This section could use more work, to explain why standard texts, where ] part of the value of a standard text is that it is not changed outside ] the standard process, and also why the difference between programs ] as stored and operational knowledge and documentation as non-operational ] knowledge (you can not execute a book. :) is not sufficient to treat ] text and programs differently. Are there many standards under the GFDL (which is about documentation after all) that this is important to mention? Even if it is, I'm not sure we want to get into the "everything must be DFSG free!" side of things rather than just the "standards aren't crucial enough that they warrant an exception to standards of freedom". Thoughts? Cheers, aj [0] http://wiki.debian.org/GFDLPositionStatement
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