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Re: Amendment: GFDL is compatible with DFSG



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Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au> writes:

> On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 05:13:26PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 12:09:55AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote:
>> > On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 02:29:38AM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
>> > > On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 01:45:40AM +0200, Anton Zinoviev wrote:
>> > > > (2) The Invariant Sections - Main Objection Against GFDL
>> > > [...]
>> > > 
>> > > This argument has been brought up a number of times already, but it does
>> > > not hold.
>> > 
>> > no, it holds perfectly well. the trouble is that nutcases aren't in the
>> > least bit swayed by reason or logic - they have their own bizarre and
>> > psychotic mis-interpretation of reality and nothing, NOTHING, is ever
>> > going to sway them from it.
>> 
>> Ah, ad hominem attacks. 
>
> only indirectly. the real point, which you missed, was to be an accurate
> description of reality - something that, as an extremist nutcase, you
> are challenged by.
>
>> Of course the argument doesn't hold. Invariant sections cannot be
>> modified, and DFSG3 requires modifiability. EOT.
>
> bullshit.
>
> as has been pointed out hundreds of times before, there are several
> other situations where neither the DFSG nor the debian project require
> modifiability - license texts and copyright notices, for example.
>
> you and your ilk may choose to ignore this as a minor detail and pretend
> that it's irrelevent and no kind of precedent, but that's because
> you're extremist nutcases highly skilled at ignoring reality when it
> contradicts your lunatic viewpoint.

Craig,

None of your commentary above is constructive.  If you have a point to
make, please do so without the personal abuse.  This sort of vitriol
only serves to detract from your claims, be they valid or not.


Regards,
Roger

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