On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 11:21:42AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > Writing docs is something people don't like. Let's be realistic.
> And I think you're being over-broad in your generalisation. I think that > it's safe to say most *programmers* aren't keen on writing docs, but not > everyone is a programmer... Rewriting programs for political/legal reasons alone is also something people don't like; it's a waste of time. Jerome's argument applies to software as much as documentation. Non-free is non-free. Non-free stuff, such as the Emacs manual, doesn't belong in main, regardless of whether it's software or something else. (The fact that it's the FSF promoting this non-freeness is disturbing but irrelevant.) -- Glenn Maynard
