Brian Thomas Sniffen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> You don't appear to be arguing against the idea that debian-legal is >> extreme compared to the rest of the project. > > I'm arguing that what you perceive as extremism is simply the presence > of knowledge -- sure, the debian-legal regulars have opinions about > licenses. The X Strike Force probably has opinions about windowing > systems and weird architectures. That doesn't make XSF or D-L > extremists, though. To characterize anyone with knowledge and the > reasoned opinions that spring from it as an extremist is unwise; to > dismiss them because of this extremism is to restrict yourself to the > opinions of the unwise.
So you believe that if we taught all developers about intricate licensing issues, the number who would be of the opinion that DFSG 4 is a mistake and that the GPL is only free because of DFSG 10 would increase significantly? I don't wish to characterise people with knowledge and reasoned opinions as extremists. I do wish to characterise people who believe that several things that Debian accepts as free should be non-free as extremists. If there is overlap between the two, that doesn't mean that I'm calling them extremists because of their knowledge. -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
