On 12 Dec 2001, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> writes: > > > What about a rant that goes the other way, about > > how the GPL sucks? What about one that talks about why "free software" > > beats "open source" any day? How about vice-versa? How about one that, > > instead of talking about the need for free documentation, talks about > > the need for better quality control/assurance in free software? > > Well, saying the GPL sucks is, generally, contrary to the Debian > Projects goals. Debian is essentially neutral on "free software" > v. "open source". Debian is in favor of quality control and assurance > technologies. >
I'm uneasy with this approach. Does this mean that any time anyone wants to tie an (invariant, non-removable) political-type statement to technical docs, Debian has to take a position on that issue? -- Stephen Turner, Cambridge, UK http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adelie/stephen/ "This is Henman's 8th Wimbledon, and he's only lost 7 matches." BBC, 2/Jul/01
