Matthew Garrett: > Because saying "We used to think that this sort of license provided you > with all necessary freedoms, but now we've decided that it doesn't" > looks astonishingly bad?
Is not looking bad more important than getting it right eventually? (Start aliasing [EMAIL PROTECTED] to /dev/null: a big BTS looks bad.) Another irony. I thought Matthew Garrett usually argued for changing views at the drop of a hat. For example, changing position and letting the project sell stuff near the end of http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2005/09/msg00091.html even though saying "we used to say that we wouldn't compete with debian retailers, but now we've decided that we will" looks astonishingly bad. I don't think looking bad is a good reason not to re-evaluate a position, but let's honour past agreements until obsoleted. Personally, I think some patch clauses are free enough to allow the four freedoms, although most are a nuisance in practice. I'm happy to discuss that: why not? -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]