Richard Braakman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 10:01:19AM -0400, Jeremy Hankins wrote:
>> Burden of proof arguments are, at best, very trick to make -- I >> suggest you not rely on it. Certainly I don't buy it in this case. >> Unless you can actually point to someplace that says this is >> current practice, I don't think you have a basis for saying that it >> is actually a conscious practice at all. > > Well... you would have to claim that the people who drafted and > discussed the Social Contract, and the 90 who voted for it, were > unaware of the GNU Manifesto and its presence in the emacs packages. Or simply didn't think about it, as it pertained to the DFSG. If it wasn't discussed at all I think that's the most reasonable conclusion. It most certainly isn't an extraordinary claim. -- Jeremy Hankins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP fingerprint: 748F 4D16 538E 75D6 8333 9E10 D212 B5ED 37D0 0A03
