On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 03:06:11AM +0200, Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > My comments are not limited to the FDL debate, but seek to address a more > > fundamental question: Do software guidelines serve us well for non-software > > items? My answer is no, but obviously it is being discussed. > > You have yet not disclosed which guidelines you would like to see for > what you perceive as "non-software". Can you propose specifically how > you would like the guidelines for "non-software" to differ from the > DFSG?
Fair enough. I will do some thinking on this over the weekend and see if I can have something substantive to post Monday. > > My mind is open and I remain willing to accept that there may be > > someone out there that can come up with equitable guidelines. > > It is you who want different guidelines. Then you should propose some > rather than leaving it to "someone out there". You omitted some context; I was saying that someone could propose guidelines for treating documentation as software under the DFSG, which is not what I'm presently supporting or talking about above. -- John
