Re: GDFL - why is it bad? Debian could do better! (was: Re: Debian and the GFDL problem)

2006-01-11 Thread Jordi Mallach
On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 04:54:16PM -0800, Andy Tai wrote: > Same for your attacks on the GFDL... "they have nothing > to do on a GNOME mailing list. Please bring this on another place or in > private mail." Except the GFDL is part of the licensing scheme of GNOME. But don't worry, we're moving th

Re: GDFL - why is it bad? Debian could do better! (was: Re: Debian and the GFDL problem)

2006-01-09 Thread Elijah Newren
On 1/8/06, Andy Tai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Same for your attacks on the GFDL... "they have nothing > to do on a GNOME mailing list. Please bring this on another place or in > private mail." I respectfully disagree. There are those that feel that the GFDL is a very poor choice and with wha

Re: GDFL - why is it bad? Debian could do better! (was: Re: Debian and the GFDL problem)

2006-01-09 Thread Andy Tai
Same for your attacks on the GFDL... "they have nothing to do on a GNOME mailing list. Please bring this on another place or in private mail."On 1/8/06, Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As for your anti-Debian crusade and false statements, they have nothingto do on a GNOME mailing list.

Re: GDFL - why is it bad? Debian could do better! (was: Re: Debian and the GFDL problem)

2006-01-08 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le dimanche 08 janvier 2006 à 17:19 +0200, Yavor Doganov a écrit : > The main problem is that the Debian folks are parsing the text of the > license instead of reading it and trying to "feel" its spirit. There is no spirit in a license text. There is only a list of things the license allows you to

Re: GDFL - why is it bad? Debian could do better! (was: Re: Debian and the GFDL problem)

2006-01-08 Thread Yavor Doganov
On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:27:28 +0100, Christian Neumair wrote: > What are the precise problem with GDFL-licensed documents, when there > are no invariant sections? The main problem is that the Debian folks are parsing the text of the license instead of reading it and trying to "feel" its spirit.

Re: GDFL - why is it bad? Debian could do better! (was: Re: Debian and the GFDL problem)

2006-01-05 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 05 janvier 2006 à 19:27 +0100, Christian Neumair a écrit : > What are the precise problem with GDFL-licensed documents, when there > are no invariant sections? We can have a policy to accept any > GDFL-licensed document if it doesn't contain any invariant section. > Debian could have done

GDFL - why is it bad? Debian could do better! (was: Re: Debian and the GFDL problem)

2006-01-05 Thread Christian Neumair
Am Donnerstag, den 05.01.2006, 11:11 +0100 schrieb Jordi Mallach: > In most cases, policies were established before the voices against the > license got strong, but I suspect that the strongest reason is that > "if > the FSF recommends this one for docs, it must be The Right Thing". > > Well, we d