Re: DEP-5: Updates from a general editing pass

2012-02-27 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Russ Allbery wrote: > Here's the patch I applied. Looks good. Thanks. -- 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/20120227094548.GG10740@burratino

Re: DEP-5: Updates from a general editing pass

2012-02-26 Thread Ben Finney
Russ Allbery writes: > I now have: > > > Even where licenses are DFSG-free and mutually compatible, users may > wish for a way to identify software under certain licenses (if, for > example, they have special reasons to avoid certain licenses). > Yes, that's good. >

Re: DEP-5: Updates from a general editing pass

2012-02-26 Thread Russ Allbery
Jonathan Nieder writes: > Russ Allbery wrote: >> +++ b/copyright-format/copyright-format.xml > [...] >> @@ -81,9 +84,9 @@ >>no way to know how much of Debian should be stripped from such a >> system. >> >> >> + Even where licenses are DFSG-free and mutually compatible, u

Re: DEP-5: Updates from a general editing pass

2012-02-23 Thread Ben Finney
Russ Allbery writes: > Ben Finney 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,

Re: DEP-5: Updates from a general editing pass

2012-02-23 Thread Russ Allbery
Ben Finney writes: > Jonathan Nieder writes: >> My confusion might be coming from the phrase "have a problem with", >> which in everyday language is mostly synonymous with "have a grudge >> against". > I agree with that interpretation. The phrase doesn't belong in that > passage. >> I would be

Re: DEP-5: Updates from a general editing pass

2012-02-23 Thread Ben Finney
Jonathan Nieder writes: > My confusion might be coming from the phrase "have a problem with", > which in everyday language is mostly synonymous with "have a grudge > against". I agree with that interpretation. The phrase doesn't belong in that passage. > I would be more convinced by "for exampl

Re: DEP-5: Updates from a general editing pass

2012-02-23 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi Russ, Thanks very much for an overall pleasant policy release. Only nitpicks below. Russ Allbery wrote: > +++ b/copyright-format/copyright-format.xml [...] > @@ -81,9 +84,9 @@ >no way to know how much of Debian should be stripped from such a > system. > > > - Even w

Re: DEP-5: Updates from a general editing pass

2012-02-21 Thread Russ Allbery
Russ Allbery writes: > @@ -869,8 +908,12 @@ Copyright 2009, 2010 Angela Watts > GFDL > > > -GNU Free Documentation License 1.0, or > -http://spdx.org/licenses/GFDL-1.1";>1.1. > +GNU Free Documentation

DEP-5: Updates from a general editing pass

2012-02-21 Thread Russ Allbery
I've finished reading through the entire current copyright format document and am applying the following editorial changes to clarify wording and to add a few more examples and repetition of key information to make the document easier to follow. I should say up-front that I realize that this is so