On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 20:34, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 03:08:46PM -0500, David Turner wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 11:52, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > What do you folks think of my paradigm? Useful or not? > > > > I think it's brilliant. > > I get nervous when people react so enthusiastically; it makes fear that > I am unwittingly aiding them in the fulfillment of some ulterior > purpose. :)
I'm tempted to give a Kosh-like answer here: "Yes." But instead, I'll explain that I do think it's good, and not only because it does help fill my goal of getting my interpretation proposal adopted. > > I also think it's brilliant, because it means that I won't have to > > metadispute when I suggest again that we look at DFSG 3 compliance via > > the "least restrictive means" / "compelling Free Software interest" > > analysis that I proposed during the AGPL thread. > > I'm not sure where this is headed (my memory with regards to the AGPL is > short, and I think some discussion may have taken place while I was > knocked offline due to a move and motherboard failure), Naw, the thread died. > but I should > stress that what the FSF conceives of as a "compelling Free Software > interest" and what Debian does may not always be in perfect harmony. > But I'm sure you already understand that, so I'm glad you in particular > find my proposed metaphor useful. Sure -- that's one reason why the standardizing on the FSF's Four Freedoms is so good -- invariant sections *clearly* don't serve any of the four. > I would ask that, *especially* if Debian formalizes my metaphor or > builds upon it in any way, that the FSF not change its definition of > Free Software without running it by us. :) Having > <URL:http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/free-sw.html> change suddenly could > come as a nasty surprise. I can't promise *anything* about what Richard will do to the FSF's website. But I do think that Debian needs to be kept in the loop. So, if Richard does it, you would be right to be upset at him. -- -Dave Turner Stalk Me: 617 441 0668 "On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock." -Thomas Jefferson
