Mark, That totally make sense. I understand.
As it stands now, the document will need to be reformatted. Can be attached to a email to the mailing list, and still be archived? Or should I paste it inline? Chad -- Chad Albers On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 4:57 PM, Mark H Weaver <m...@netris.org> wrote: > Chad Albers <calb...@neomantic.com> writes: > > > On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 4:18 PM, Mark H Weaver <m...@netris.org> wrote: > > > > > > I would thank you for this, but I cannot even view it without running > > nonfree software on my machine. Posting this link essentially puts > > pressure on those who wish to have a voice in this discussion to use > > nonfree software, and excludes those who take a principled stand against > > using nonfree software. That's not good. > > > > > (I apologize that it's a google document. I couldn't find a > > > comparable,free software online collaborative alternative. suggestions > > > are welcome). > > > > We must not collaborate on a platform where using nonfree software is a > > prerequisite for entry. > > > > Can you please send it in email as plain text? > > > > > > I adamantly agree with your sentiments. The ideal solution in my > > opinion would be a wikipage, so people could comment. Does anyone have > > access to one that we all could also read, without having to create a > > user-account (bonus points)? > > Another issue is that it would be good for this discussion, as well as > the drafts of your proposal, counterproposals, etc, to be archived > somewhere that we can be reasonably confident will still exist and be > easy to find in 20 years or more. > > If we use a collaborative document editor implemented in Javascript, > then participants in the discussion will have no good choice but to use > that one centralized tool to edit the proposal, write comments, etc, and > I'm doubtful that the history of edits, draft proposals and discussion > will be easily reviewable in 20 years. > > We have a long history of making proposals, revising them, and > discussing them here on the mailing list in plain text. This not only > ensures that all of the relevant information is archived, but also > allows people to use their preferred email client and text editor to > modify the proposals and respond to them. > > Does that make sense? > > Thanks, > Mark >
