Raul Miller wrote: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 11:42:21AM -0500, Joe Nahmias wrote: > > > 5. Programs that doesn't meet our free-software standards > > > > Replace "doesn't" with "don't" or "do not" > > > > > We > > > support interoperability standards such as "Linux Standard Base", and > > > will accept bug reports where our system violates those standards. > > > > This sentence is misplaced. It should go in the previous clause > > as it has nothing to do with non-free. > > I don't understand why you say that "Linux Standard Base" has nothing > to do with non-free.
s/nothing to do with/orthogonal to/; see below for more detail. > Consider, for example: > http://www.linuxbase.org/modules.php?name=FAQ&myfaq=yes&id_cat=1&categories=General+Info#17 > > Binary-only software is one of the characteristics of non-free software. > > Yes, it also has applicability to binary-only distribution of free > software, but that's not the same as "nothing to do with non-free". > > Do you agree with me? If not, could you expand on your views? AIUI, LSB is a standard to ensure binary compatibility across linux distros. This sentence would therfore seem to declare our commitment to our users to be interoperable on the binary level -- an issue orthogonal to how those binaries are licensed. To me, that would fall under clause 4 of the SC where we pledge to support our users in all their myriad ways of using Debian. I see clause 5 as strictly addressing software with a non-free license and how we will respond/deal with it -- which has not much to do with the LSB. That said, this seems like a fairly radical change to the SC (in the sense that it adds an additional compatibility requirement to the Debian system -- cf. grammatical changes) and much more technical in nature than the other issues discussed therein. I think this is more the domain of debian-policy but I can see why some might want it in the SC, and this should probably be discussed further before being written into the SC as such. Hope this helps! Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
