On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 05:15:14PM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: > Why? What real-world problem does this solve? Have we actually run > into situations where it was not obvious in a particular instance what > the preferred form for modifications was?
I know of one thorny problem in this area: many graphics are distributed as .png or .jpg files, even though their creator probably used a richer format like .xcf. IIRC, there was also a case of a ROM image that was released into the public domain, but the source for it no longer existed. I don't remember enough details to search for it, though. Richard Braakman
