Francesco Paolo Lovergine writes: > On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 11:06:35PM -0400, Michael Poole wrote: >> To adapt an analogy that someone used earlier, when you go to a store, >> you might find fonts, images, or other data in a box in the software >> section. However, you are not likely to find a specification for >> TCP/IP in the software section, and you are not likely to find a print >> of Starry Night in the software section either. > > Ah that's an interesting point. TCP/IP is a standard, so it's non free... > Maybe all implementation of that should go in contrib so, because > they 'depend' on a piece of 'something' which is not free. So, we > have to move the whole kernel there, and oh sure, libc too... > > Probably someone should clarify me better what's 'depending' means, > why a document which define a standard is non-free but > a program based on that standard is not in contrib? Who wrote that > program did read the standard and use it to write the program. > So, the program indeed _depends_ on that standard. And the standard IS > the document which describe it. So there's a direct dependency. > And POSIX? Mmmm...
Please read http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/straw-man.html and respond to _what I wrote_ rather than some bizarre distortion thereof. You have successfully argued against a position that nobody seems to hold. Congratulations. Michael
