Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Scripsit Jeremy Hankins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> I think your suggestion is the best chance at making sense of the GR >> that I've seen so far, but I would make one change: it *should* in fact >> be applicable only to the GFDL. > > Doing so would mean that we'd need to have a separate GR for each > problematic license we encounter. We have to try to extract some > general principles from it, or everything becomes a farce. Why? If the GR stated general principles that would be reasonable, but it didn't. Attributing general principles to those who voted for the GR -- many of whom probably voted as they did for different reasons -- isn't justified. If this is essentially a judgement call by the developers the only reasonable course would be to go back for another GR if another such case comes up. >> One could interpret the GR as a judgement call on the part of the >> developers that we will give the FSF the benefit of the doubt in >> this case. As such, it's not reasonable to extend that same benefit >> to other licenses or license authors without another GR that covers >> those cases as well. > > I am strongly opposed to give the FSF any particular benefit of doubt > that does not apply to equally other licensors. In my opinion the > actions of the FSF in recent years have shown that they are not worthy > of such a singular benefit. Clearly, the developers as a whole (as expressed in the GR) disagree with you. Personally, my trust in the FSF has been seriously damaged by this affair as well. Perhaps we on d-l didn't argue our case effectively -- not unlikely, if others here feel as exhausted of the subject as I do. For whatever reason, the developers as a whole feel that we should read the GFDL generously. But they specifically didn't say anything about any other license. -- Jeremy Hankins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP fingerprint: 748F 4D16 538E 75D6 8333 9E10 D212 B5ED 37D0 0A03 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
