Paul, I read through the links you provided. There was a cogent argument against using flags to symbolize a language. I would accept that. However, while I understand your argument about losing contributors, I'm not completely convinced that using a flag chosen by country X to represent country X is a bad idea.
Moreover, I didn't see a resolution on the question of Fedora's flag policy. The link http://lwn.net/Articles/334519/ says the committee voted to * revert/suspend the policy approved the prior week * have people look into the issues and gather data (requirements of * various locales, number of packages affected, etc.) * craft a policy based on further data, or decide that one is not * required at all This vote dates from May 2009. Do you know what was ultimately decided? Thanks, -Steve
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