Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> writes: > Ben Finney <ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au> writes: > > A broader question: why single out any license in the policy > > document? I think the point could be made just as well with “(for > > example, if they have specific reasons to avoid particular > > licenses)”. > > This language has, so far as I know, been there for some time, and I > just preserved it while moving it about.
Right, I didn't mean to single you out as the responsible party :-) Your work just raised the question in my mind. > But while in general I'm a big fan of giving as many examples as > possible, giving an example here necessarily involves making a > controversial statement, so maybe it would be best to do without an > example, just say that this format provides a way for people to detect > software under particular licenses, and leave it at that. I think an example of the form “if they have special reasons to avoid particular licenses” is better, since it speaks to a rationale without making controversial statements about any particular license. -- \ “Value your freedom or you will lose it, teaches history. | `\ “Don't bother us with politics,” respond those who don't want | _o__) to learn.” —Richard M. Stallman, 2002 | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87r4xlt3af....@benfinney.id.au
