On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 23:43:56 +0000, Will Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Wednesday 01 Dec 2004 22:44, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> These nebulous authorities also frown upon various other things,
>> depending on your jurisdiction -- games of chance, the bible, games
>> promoting violence, texts promoting freedom ..
>>
>> Descending to the lowest common denominator shall leave you with
>> the husk of an operating system.
> Well don't then. Take each case on it's merits. There's no need to
> wilfully lump it all together. If we are bothered about laws
> governing software licenses, why are we not bothered about laws
> governing other things? Are they beneath us?
Who gets to decide for each case? Usually it is the person who
does the work who makes the decision -- the packager, in this
case. The only way to override that is call in the tech ctte -- but
this is not a technical issue. Yup, a GR for each case.
Heh.
manoj
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