Re: GR idea related to ongoing licensing discussions
On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 10:40:57AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> > - it seems to be pandering to literalists in a similar way to the
> > Editorial Changes GR and that hasn't really ended those arguments;
>
> I disagree strongly with the latter part of that statement. Various
> people are still *upset* about the Editorial Changes GR, but at least from
> where I'm sitting, it did a lot to resolve the *argument*. In other
> words, there are far fewer people now arguing that the project really does
> intend to allow non-free documentation in main. There are more people
> upset about the fact that the project doesn't want to do this, but that's
> inevitable and more honest than the previous state.
Umm... the way I read this paragraph was - we didn't actually make any real
progress, but the back-and-forth movement was made in a direction that you
find honest (and therefore preferable[1]), so it's okay? :)
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[1] as 'increased honesty' is a matter of opinion, not necessarily fact
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