Re: Bug#51842: [PROPOSED] closing hole in DFSG that can force you to include some text in advertisement

1999-12-04 Thread Bruce Perens
One can argue that some advertising requirements fail DFSG #6. I went through this with the Zope license draft (they fixed it). First, it discriminates against commercial-free web sites, and then if many people had the same requirement it would create a constraint on use because a site would have t

Re: Filesystem Hierarchy Standard 2.0 (fwd)

1997-11-17 Thread Bruce Perens
rom the application. Thanks Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502

Re: * Formal call for the removal of Bruce Perens *

1997-10-31 Thread Bruce Perens
Leave Dave alone, he's already abandoned this argument. Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502

Need addition to policy manual for new developers

1997-10-31 Thread Bruce Perens
supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502

term limits

1997-10-27 Thread Bruce Perens
Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502

on term limits

1997-10-27 Thread Bruce Perens
and I can trade jobs :-) Thanks Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502

Re: abandoning the rules of discourse

1997-10-24 Thread Bruce Perens
perating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502

on returning to our rules of discourse

1997-10-24 Thread Bruce Perens
anks Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502

Re: Policy Weekly Issue #4/15: Documentation policy

1997-10-24 Thread Bruce Perens
tem. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502

Re: Forwarded: RFC: New source packaging format

1997-10-24 Thread Bruce Perens
mise that a .deb file is just an 'ar' > file with two tarballs inside - one for control info and one for > binaries. The package file format is not the problem. It's the fact that you are using the binary package tool to do something it was not designed for. Thanks

Re: Forwarded: RFC: New source packaging format

1997-10-24 Thread Bruce Perens
perating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502

Re: Forwarded: RFC: New source packaging format

1997-10-24 Thread Bruce Perens
ack rule in the > Makefile to /var/lib/dpkg/info/. This does not take care of removing source files that have been removed from the archive since the last version, and any generated files. Thanks Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502

Re: Forwarded: RFC: New source packaging format

1997-10-24 Thread Bruce Perens
supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502

abandoning the rules of discourse

1997-10-24 Thread Bruce Perens
, disrespectful language will be allowed, and obscentity will be allowed. Is this really what people want? Thanks Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL

Re: Forwarded: RFC: New source packaging format

1997-10-24 Thread Bruce Perens
table operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502

Re: abandoning the rules of discourse

1997-10-24 Thread Bruce Perens
irring up discussion is definitely part of that. Thanks Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502

Re: abandoning the rules of discourse

1997-10-23 Thread Bruce Perens
fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502

Re: When to get the upstream maintainer involved.

1997-10-21 Thread Bruce Perens
m fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502

Re: Debian Book Published

1997-10-21 Thread Bruce Perens
book can read it on the web or buy it in a bookstore, but it's not free software and we have no business distributing it. Thanks Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.htm

When to get the upstream maintainer involved.

1997-10-20 Thread Bruce Perens
idea for you to swap that package for another, with a maintainer who can handle it better. Thanks Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: When to get the upstream maintainer involved.

1997-10-20 Thread Bruce Perens
Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502

Re: chrooting daemons

1997-10-16 Thread Bruce Perens
ixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502

Re: chrooting daemons

1997-10-16 Thread Bruce Perens
t see it in recent kernels. It could be done with the prof filesystem. Thanks Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502

Re: chrooting daemons

1997-10-16 Thread Bruce Perens
nks Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502

Re: chrooting daemons

1997-10-16 Thread Bruce Perens
ible. Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502

Re: US Debian Crypto Policy - Project leadership position

1997-10-14 Thread Bruce Perens
ropriate for you to move that discussion to your own list server, for the reason cited above. Can you please do that? Thanks Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce P

Re: Why no listing in packages for ssh, apache-ssl, etc. (And no US sites?)

1997-10-13 Thread Bruce Perens
need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502

Re: Why no listing in packages for ssh, apache-ssl, etc. (And no US sites?)

1997-10-13 Thread Bruce Perens
perating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502

Re: /usr /opt split proposal [long]

1997-09-21 Thread Bruce Perens
. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502