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Re: Anton's amendment



On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 01:25:37PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> 
> But you have not explained how your amendment is an interpretation
> rather than a modification of the DFSG.  You cannot simply write
> something new, and say "and this is an interpretation of the DFSG!"
> It must actually *be* an interpretation, whether correct or not.
> 
> Nothing in the DFSG suggests treating documentation and programs
> differently, and it was recently changed (by 3:1 vote!) to explicitly
> treat them the same.

Nothing in the interpretation I proposed treats documentation and
programs differently.  Debian project has never taken decision that
makes my interpretation invalid.
 
> Which means that any interpretation must account for this fact: that
> whatever the rules are, they are the same for documentation and
> programs.
> 
> Now, what is the interpretation you suggest?

The second interpretation from my first post in this thread.  I
received confirmation and clarification from Stallman that I will
report in separate message.

Anton Zinoviev



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