On Tue, Aug 11, 1998 at 08:35:15AM -0400, Buddha Buck wrote: > > To sum up a bit as I see it: RMS's arguments about technical > > documentation are sound, imo. Do the same arguments apply to > > standards? If not, what is the difference between technical > > documentation and a standard. > > I don't think they do, because in a fundamental way, while standards > are technical _documents_, I think they are more like personal opinion > than program documentation (which is mainly what I see RMS's arguments > applying to).
I don't think so. The opinion clause is preserved for politics, emotions etc. If you argue the way you did, *everything* is opinion, and the way I write my software is an opinion, too. Let's not stretch this opinion-exception too far, please. Thank you, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
