-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/12/07 07:07, Luk Claes wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 09/12/07 03:57, Miriam Ruiz wrote: >>> 2007/9/12, John Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>>> On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:41:29 +0000 (UTC), Sune Vuorela >>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 2007-09-12, John Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>> "Distribution of this memo is unlimited." >>>>>> >>>>>> With RFCs available to anyone with a web browser, it's absurd to say >>>>>> they're non-free, and a waste of time removing them from Debian. >>>>> eh? whattabout modification? and distribution of modified versions? >>>> This is where it gets absurd. >>>> >>>> They're RFCs. They're not code. >>>> > >> Except for "fixing typos", none of what you seem to propose seems >> to my humble eyes to be modifying the base document. Give the new >> document a derived name, indicating the changes. Inside the >> document, clearly define what changes you've made to the base document. >> >> Someone who uses the modified RFC would create a buggy-by-design >> program and when he realized what some DD had done, boy would he >> (and his bosses, if relevant) be steamed, his trust in Debian would >> plunge, he might write a Slashdotted article that ZDNet picks up on, >> and FLOSS get a big black eye. > > What about adding clarifications, what about summarising parts of the > RFC? It's more about the freedom to fix things or to use things than it > is to make it buggy... It's also not only about Debian, but in fact more > about the freedom of our users to modify RFCs...
These are "official" protocol specifications. If you want to summarize the RFC, do it in a separate document. >> Bottom line: being able to willy-nilly change protocol specification >> base documents seems, to me, to be One *Stupid* Idea. > > Only you are talking about willy-nilly changes... besides we as Debian > only want our users the freedom to be able to if they wanted it, to > willy-nilly modify the RFC text. I'm shaking my head in stunned disbelief. > Note that it still would be perfectly possible to restrict the use of > 'RFC' for these modifications... - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG5+LyS9HxQb37XmcRArPxAJ93+kqgJLydVc/sBBd+QtbApq/4GQCgyeP+ 3R2VoTO4s2tkexV/HqcHCso= =m+id -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
